{"id":266198,"date":"2025-11-16T14:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/266198\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T14:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:41:07","slug":"strictly-star-had-secret-affair-with-pro-dancer-months-before-announcing-split-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/266198\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly star had ‘secret affair’ with pro dancer months before announcing split | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

A star from a recent series of\u00a0 Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> reportedly had an affair with a professional dancer before announcing their separation from their partner, according to sources. As the 21st series of the BBC<\/a> dance competition unfolds onscreen, it appears as though there are just as many fireworks happening backstage.<\/p>\n

It appears the Strictly curse has struck again after yet another illicit relationship between one of the celebrity-pro dancer pairings sparked romance in the rehearsal room. The report only adds further drama to the crisis-hit producers, who are currently searching for the next hosting duo to take over from veteran presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman<\/a>. The pair will leave the BBC<\/a> reality show after 21 years at the helm, with their final show airing on Christmas Day for the festive special.<\/p>\n

Now, an insider has told MailOnline<\/a> about one couple who reportedly had a \u201cfling\u201d with one of the dancers despite being in a long-term relationship. They told the outlet: \u201cOne of the celebrities had a fling with one of the dancers while they were still with a partner at home \u2013 and everyone has just found out.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unclear if their partner ever found out, but the relationship later ended, so it\u2019s not inconceivable that they did.\u201d It is understood that the people involved managed to keep their romance under wraps from the rest of the cast and production team throughout their time together on the show.<\/p>\n

There were rumours about a \u201cgreat connection\u201d between them blossoming on the show, but their fellow contestants attributed it to their \u201cinsane chemistry,\u201d a common theme on the reality show that emerged after they trained together for months.<\/p>\n

But after the news became public, several stars who competed that year have since realised that \u201cthe signs were there\u201d from the beginning. The insider added: \u201cThis just could not come at a worse time.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople talk about the \u2018curse of Strictly\u2019, meaning that it kills off marriages and relationships. But lately, it\u2019s felt like a curse applies to the show itself. It\u2019s just been one thing after another.\u201d Express.co.uk has contacted a BBC representative for a comment.<\/p>\n

The news comes after another relationship scandal started circulating online this week, in which a married celebrity was filmed kissing their professional dance partner. It was said that the 12-second clip now \u201cthreatens to detonate Strictly\u201d.<\/p>\n

The report states that the video was taken backstage at Elstree Studios by a member of the production team who spotted the pair cosying up in their dressing room.<\/p>\n

Previous couples who have suffered the so-called curse include Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole, Matt Di Angelo and Flavia Cacace, Ali Bastian and Brian Fortuna, and Joe Calzaghe and Kristina Rihanoff.<\/p>\n

Also afflicted by the set curse are Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev, Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff, and Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A star from a recent series of\u00a0 Strictly Come Dancing reportedly had an affair with a professional dancer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[243,109911,96,59,1598,33299,109910,109915,109913,109914,109912,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-266198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bbc","tag-celebrity-pro-dancer-affair","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-strictly-come-dancing","tag-strictly-come-dancing-2025","tag-strictly-curse","tag-strictly-scores-tonight","tag-strictly-spoiler-results","tag-strictly-spoiler-week-8","tag-tess-daly-and-claudia-winkleman-departure","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}