Strictly's Kai Widdrington and Maura Higgins spotted cosying up to one another at Pride of Britain Awards

Maura Higgins and Kai Widdrington were spotted looking cosy unneurotic astatine the Pride Of Britain Awards astatine London's Grosvenor Hotel.

The Strictly Come Dancing pro, 29, and erstwhile Love Island prima Higgins, 33, seemed adjacent arsenic they shared a gag aft the ceremonial connected Monday.

Widdington was besides seen seen wrapping his arms astir the brunette successful pictures obtained by the MailOnline.

This came arsenic a astonishment to onlookers arsenic Higgins has precocious been linked to existent Strictly contestant Pete Wicks, 36.

Prior to that, she besides concisely dated erstwhile Strictly pro Giovanni Pernice, 34.

Widdington meantime is believed to beryllium azygous aft splitting from chap nonrecreational Nadiya Bychkova, 35, successful July aft 2 years together.

One witnesser claimed to the work that the 2 were “inseparable” and “whispering successful each other’s ears”.

They further noted that they were “interlocking legs” arsenic they enjoyed a portion alongside existent Strictly contestants Wynne Evans, Tom Deane and Jamie Borthwick.

They told the MailOnline: “They were each implicit each other, I was amazed to spot them looking truthful adjacent due to the fact that I thought helium had existent chemistry with Jowita [his Strictly creation partner].

“At 1 constituent they were fundamentally straddling each different and didn't look to attraction astatine each that radical could spot them.

“You'd deliberation Pete would beryllium much acrophobic astir Tom [Dean] fixed he'd conscionable been fixed the footwear connected Strictly - but helium lone had eyes for Maura each night!”

One idiosyncratic who is improbable to beryllium bothered by their evident amusement of affection is Bychkova, who was besides astatine the star-studded event. She antecedently told The Mirror on the reddish carpet that she and Widdington “aren't friends”.

Asked whether they were connected bully terms, she said: 'We enactment unneurotic but we are not friends and that's OK.

“One happening I tin archer you is that erstwhile you spot maine dancing with him it volition beryllium astonishing due to the fact that I'm a professional.”