JADE Goody's widower Jack Tweed will not be opening up a nightclub in Woodford Green, the Guardian can reveal.
Contray to reports in a Sunday newspaper, a spokesman for the late Big Brother star's ex denied that he had designs on turning the former White Hart, in Chigwell Road, into a venue called the Honeypot.
The pub – currently trading as the Manor House – recently had it's opening hours controversially extended by Redbridge Council despite objections by neighbours.
Tweed's agent Mark Thomas told the Guardian that he was not playing to purchase the establishment.
He said: “Jack puts on nights at the Embassy Club in London so it's something he may look to do [at the White Hart] in the future.
“But he's not going to open a nightclub called the Honeypot or anything like that – that's all rubbish.
“Obviously it's very early stages as he was pictured there last week only looking in the window.”
Tweed, of Buckhurst Hill, was released half-way through his 12-week sentence for assaulting taxi driver Stephen Wilkins after a booze-filled night out with friends at Epping’s Club 195 last May.
The 21-year-old shared an Upshire home with his former wife - reality TV star Jade Goody, before her death from cervical cancer in March and spent some time at her graveside in St Thomas’s Churchyard after his release.
A spokeswoman for Redbridge Council confirmed that no change in licensee was pending.
She said: “The licence for these premises is held by Punch Taverns plc. What the arrangements are for the leasing of the premises is a matter for the company.
“There was a change in the Designated Premises Supervisor in April 2009 to Sukhjeet Kalirai, whose residential address is given at the premises.
“We are not aware of any connection to the premises by Mr Tweed.”
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