THE curse of Strictly Come Dancing has struck again - with Shirley Ballas splitting from her one-time fiance, The Sun tin reveal.
The show's popular Head Judge has called clip connected her six twelvemonth narration with histrion Danny Taylor, 51, to whom she got engaged successful 2021.
News of their divided comes six months aft Shirley, 64, revealed the brace had called disconnected their engagement - but were inactive together.
Last nighttime a root said: "As with immoderate break-up, it is, of course, a precise bittersweet situation.
"She gave her each to that narration and successful the extremity came to the realisation that it wasn't going anywhere. She made a batch of effort to spot Danny and enactment his theatre and panto work, travelling up and down the country.
"Distance besides played its portion - Shirley lives successful :London with her parent and Danny remains based successful Liverpool; that commute is simply a killer.
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"But Shirley is simply a strong, resilient quality and is looking amended than ever. She volition 100% bounce backmost - 2025 promises to beryllium an implicit corker for her."
The mates stay friends and still follow 1 different on social media. They haven't posted together, however.
The mates met successful panto successful 2018, appearing successful Jack and the Beanstalk.
Danny, a trained ballroom dancer, has also appeared successful soaps including Brookside and The Bill.
Speaking astir however their romance came about, she said: "We met connected panto arsenic friends. It didn’t truly instrumentality disconnected until March… for him. I fell successful emotion mode before... I deliberation for maine it was [at] archetypal sight. He was going done a hard clip successful his relationship.
Strictly's Shirley Ballas, 64, strips down to yellowish swimsuit to instrumentality a dip successful freezing crystal bath for 'first amusement prep'
"We did go friends and past astir apt successful astir February I said, 'I emotion you Danny' and helium said, 'I know'. It took a while."
In June twice-married Shirley, whose lad Mark was a dancer and past a justice connected the American mentation of Strictly, Dancing with The Stars, furiously denied suggestions the brace had split.
She insisted things are amended than ever for the mates aft antecedently admitting she had "changed her mind" astir marriage aft 2 divorces.
She said: "Danny and I are inactive unneurotic contrary to thing you mightiness read. Who knows [if we'll get married]."
Strictly Curse - The Lowdown
STRICTLY Come Dancing's latest bid has already been deed by rumours of a BBC amusement 'curse' - yet what is it?
A big of Strictly Come Dancing stars person been struck by the Strictly Curse during the past 2 decades.
This is wherever celebrities who whitethorn oregon whitethorn not beryllium attached successful the extracurricular satellite go much than friends with their nonrecreational partners.
A total of 20 relationships are said to person been impacted truthful acold implicit the show's 20 years.
It has seen relationships crumble with creation level romances and punishing rehearsal schedules to blame.
This includes the partnerships of Louise and Jamie Redknapp arsenic good arsenic Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer.
Controversially, Judge Craig Revel Horwood once said of the curse: “I deliberation of it arsenic a blessing, to beryllium honest. One idiosyncratic is married, the different 1 had a woman but my constituent successful this full happening is: if you travel connected Strictly, sometimes you are successful a narration that is not moving anyway.
“There has to beryllium thing incorrect successful your narration earlier it each goes awry.”
Series 1 victor Brendan Cole near his fiancé, chap Strictly nonrecreational Camilla Dallerup, during filming for the precise archetypal bid successful outpouring 2004.
Brendan was said to person fallen for his personage spouse and inaugural winner Natasha Kaplinsky, though the duo didn’t corroborate they were romantically involved.
Last nighttime a spokeswoman for Shirley declined to comment.