Personal Life
On 2 September 2006 in a country church on Dartmoor Waterman married another former EastEnders co-star Ricky Groves, who played Garry Hobbs. They announced that the relationship was over in January 2010. It has been alleged, by the press, that their relationship broke down due to Waterman's substantial weight loss and subsequent fitness promotions and DVD.
In 2009 she released an exercise DVD called Hannah Waterman's Body Blitz. The exercise regime promoted in the video was criticised as "unhealthy" and "unrealistic" by television presenter Coleen Nolan who has herself released several exercise videos and believed Waterman's dramatic weight loss would be difficult to maintain. Waterman was also criticised by former Eastenders colleague Natalie Cassidy, who herself released an exercise video after losing weight, and said that Waterman had "gone too far with her weight loss" and looked "too skinny.". However, defending herself in an article for the February 2010 edition of Closer Magazine, Waterman said, "My own doctor said she was worried about me at the time because, at 10 st 4 lb and 5 ft 2 in, I was risking my long-term health. I'm much healthier now at 7 st 8 lb - well within the healthy range of BMI recommended by the government - and I feel much better about myself. I lost weight because being fat was making me miserable and threatening my health. I'm not sure why anyone would criticise me for that." In January 2011, Waterman announced she was expecting a child fathered by Huw Higginson, a former Bill star. Higginson left his wife of 14 years and mother of his two children. She gave birth to a son, Jack, via emergency Caesarean section in June 2011.
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