Denise Drysdale joins Jessica Rowe, her husband and youngsters in ‘rent free’ Sydney mansion

They’ve been friends and colleagues for a very long time, and now Denise Drysdale and Jessica Rowe can call themselves roommates, too.

Denise, 75, has moved in with Jessica after the 53-year-old invited her to stay ‘for free’ at the Sydney mansion she shares with her news reporter husband Peter Overton and their two teenage daughters.

In accordance with womens’ Day magazine, Jessica has “invited Dennis to stay with her while she’s at Sydney filming Studio 10 after moving to the Gold Coast”.

Denise, who previously expressed a desire to live a “nomadic” lifestyleIn 2015, bought her property in Merimbula, New South Wales for $870,000 and moved to Queensland so she could be close to her household.

According to the publication, Denise makes her stay at Jessica’s $11 million mansion in Vaucluse, cooking meals for the household and keeping everyone entertained.

“Anyone who knows Denise knows she doesn’t like to waste money, and they’re really best friends, so it made sense,” the insider told the publication.

Jessica usually runs errands to avoid Denise when she’s out on the town, previously uploading pictures of the pair cooking, cleaning the house and laughing together in the lounge.

Jessica, who left Studio 10 in 2018 to become a full-time housewife, has also shared pictures of herself ditching Dennis in the Channel 10 studios for work.

Denise has spoken before about her desire to live without property current situation In 2014: “I’m getting older and I look at this stuff and think, ‘This is ridiculous, I’m getting rid of it so I can be free and light as the wind.'”

At the time of the interview, Denise had put her property in Merimbul on the market, despite having no other home to maneuver around.

The Gold Logie winner said it’s “exciting” not to be able to figure out where she’ll live next, revealing she won’t be keeping some sheets, underwear and pajamas until the sale is complete.

Unfortunately, her dream of a light-hearted lifestyle recently collapsed after experiencing a series of well-being points along with a knee alternative, a indifferent retina, a damaged shoulder, a blood clot in her leg and staph. infection.

In September 2021, she was additionally diagnosed with an unusual and painful facial condition known as trigeminal neuralgia (TN).

Denise went public with the fact that she is hosting a stage at Studio Ten.

Showbiz reporter and Dennis’ good friend Craig Bennett broke the news about the show.

“Why you haven’t seen her on the show in a while is because: Last week (Denise) was taken to the hospital in ‘unspeakable pain,'” he said.

Craig remembered how Denise had instructed him that the pain was the equivalent of a ‘lightning strike’ or a ‘hot poker’.

In August of the following 12 months, Denise introduced that after several months of pain, she was finally on the mend.

“It’s great to laugh again. I haven’t really laughed in over a year – my life had become a nightmare of excruciating pain and fear,’ she instructed Now To Love.

Denise admitted that the debilitating situation had driven her into deep despair.

“I used to fear that crippling pain would become my life. That I can’t go out, have fun with friends, smile, hug my grandchildren or go to work.