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Celebrity chef Todd English is speaking out about leaving fiancee Erica Wang at the altar.

English called off the wedding just hours before the couple was set to exchange vows on October 3, sticking her with a $12,000 bill.

In an interview with the New York Post, Wang claims that the Olives chef has cut off her credit cards and is forcing her to move out of their Chelsea apartment by the end of the month, leaving her homeless, with no money. Since she was also English’s personal assistant, she is also jobless.

English released a statement to the Post, saying, “I am deeply saddened and remorseful for the cancellation of the wedding and any embarrassment that it caused to Erica, her family, my family and our friends. It was never intended this way, but our relationship has not been positive for some time.”

After saying Wang had hit and wounded him during a fight and tore up a prenup agreement, the statement added, “As sad and painful this has been for me and I am sure for her, we are better off alone rather than together. I wish Erica well.”

Speaking with the Boston Globe, English said Wang has an explosive temper and he was “psychologically, emotionally and physically abused.”

Just weeks before the intended $150,000 ceremony, English, 49, claims Wang hit him in the face repeatedly with his own watch, resulting in a cut around his eye that required stitches.

“Until that day, I planned to go through with the marriage,” he said. “I disappeared before the wedding because I didn’t want to get into another confrontation with Erica. I didn’t know where this thing was going.”

On waiting until the last minute to cancel the wedding, Enlish said, “I made a mistake. I let it go too far, but I got out of it in time before it cost me more in the future.”

In the Post interview, Wang, 33, denied ever hitting the restaurateur, and said the prenup was “ludicrous and offensive,” adding, “It said if we ever break up — ever — I would get zero. There was one number all over it and that was zero. I said I would sign anything reasonable, but he never presented me with another one.”

photo: Aubrey Reuben via NY Post