{"id":405644,"date":"2026-04-18T20:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/405644\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T20:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:36:10","slug":"holly-valance-pictured-kissing-her-new-flame-who-previously-worked-as-a-bodyguard-at-family-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/405644\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Valance pictured kissing her new flame&#8230; who previously worked as a bodyguard at family home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By ELIZABETH IVENS <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  15:00 EDT, 18 April 2026   |  Updated:  15:05 EDT, 18 April 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sharing a passionate and very public kiss with a younger man, former Neighbours star <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/holly-valance\/index.html\" id=\"mol-62bb8a00-3b56-11f1-8e70-2ff72ca173b7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Holly Valance<\/a> appears to have moved on after her split from billionaire property developer <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/nick-candy\/index.html\" id=\"mol-62cffc60-3b56-11f1-8e70-2ff72ca173b7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nick Candy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Indeed, The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Ms Valance&#8217;s new flame, Grant Gale, 34, used to work as a bodyguard at the \u00a3270 million family home in Chelsea that she shared with Mr Candy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Gale, from Newport, south Wales, is a former soldier and enthusiast for combat sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kiss Kiss singer Ms Valance, 42, split from Mr Candy in June last year after 13 years of marriage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It emerged last week that Providence House, Mr Candy&#8217;s mansion in Chelsea, has been bought by trading firm boss Suneil Setiya for around \u00a3270 million in one of the world&#8217;s most expensive property sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It is understood Mr Gale was part of a security team that protected Mr Candy, Ms Valance and their two children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Rumours of a romantic relationship between Ms Valance and far-Right thug Tommy Robinson caused concern among friends after they were spotted on a private trip last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the spark with Mr Gale appears to be genuine as they enjoyed a coffee and a chat on a bench in a London park last week.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2c3e74eb7b0933e6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/107992045-15745173-image-a-1_1776537395796.jpg\" height=\"636\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Australian actress Holly Valance was pictured this week sharing a kiss with ex-military man Grant Gale\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Australian actress Holly Valance was pictured this week sharing a kiss with ex-military man Grant Gale<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3f9aad86edc53314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/107992047-15745173-image-a-2_1776537430322.jpg\" height=\"542\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ms Valance sat on a bench with the Welsh bodyguard in a new chapter after her split from ex-husband Nick Candy\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ms Valance sat on a bench with the Welsh bodyguard in a new chapter after her split from ex-husband Nick Candy<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c0bf71db1d18ac16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/107992141-15745173-The_pair_were_snapped_walking_through_a_sunny_London_park_while_-a-1_177653848248.jpeg\" height=\"786\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The pair were snapped walking through a sunny London park while holding hands\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The pair were snapped walking through a sunny London park while holding hands<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Wearing dark sunglasses and dressed casually in black leggings and top and \u00a3300 Nike trainers, Ms Valance smiled as Mr Gale, dressed in blue jeans and a white and green top, stretched his arm around her back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She accepted his offer of his black denim jacket to keep her warm. He wrapped it around her as they stood up and she put her hands on his cheeks and reaching up for a kiss before they ambled off.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Holly Valance pictured kissing her new flame&#8230; who previously worked as a bodyguard at family home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By ELIZABETH IVENS Published: 15:00 EDT, 18 April 2026 | Updated: 15:05 EDT, 18 April 2026 Sharing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[539,93,93549,61,60,8006,178558,1489,4381],"class_list":{"0":"post-405644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-holly-valance","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-neighbours","14":"tag-nick-candy","15":"tag-tvshowbiz","16":"tag-wales"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}