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Rita Simons - ‘I tackled years of anxiety when I started HRT - it’s been brilliant’


EXCLUSIVE: Soap queen Rita Simmons has suffered from anxiety since she was a child - but tells OK! that HRT following her recent hysterectomy has turned life around for her

The star has been with her partner Ben Harlow since 2021, following her divorce from her husband of 14 years Theo Silveston – with whom she shares twins Jaimee and Maiya. Rita's other half Ben quit the booze a year ago - and she's cut down significantly (Image: Lorna Roach)“She hasn’t aged at all because she’s been on these hormones. Rita’s new lust for life is also helped by cutting down on the booze, she reveals - something she was encouraged to do after her partner Ben gave up alcohol altogether, a year ago.

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