Strictly's Shirley Ballas, 64, splits from partner Danny, 51, after six year romance

Strictly Come Dancing justice Shirley Ballas has reportedly divided with her spouse of six years Danny Taylor aft she formed uncertainty if they would necktie the knot successful a caller interview

It is usually personage contestants oregon nonrecreational dancers who look the infamous Strictly curse, but present it seems to person dispersed to the judges.

According to reports the Strictly Come Dancing pb justice Shirley Ballas, 64, has present divided from her long-time spouse Danny Taylor - conscionable 3 years aft announcing their engagement. According to The Sun, it was Shirley that made the determination to extremity her relationship, which she has been nationalist astir implicit caller years.

The mates got engaged successful 2021 and the shocking quality has travel to airy six months aft the BBC prima revealed the brace had ended their engagement, - but were inactive successful a relationship. A root told The Sun: "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."

They added: "Distance besides played its portion - Shirley lives successful London with her parent and Danny remains based successful Liverpool; that commute is simply a killer. 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 couple, who look to beryllium capable to stay friends and inactive travel each different connected societal media, archetypal met successful 2018. At that clip the brace were starring successful pantomime successful Jack and the Beanstalk. Their emotion developed arsenic Danny was besides a trained ballroom dancer but besides tried his manus astatine acting, starring successful soaps including Brookside and The Bill.

Speaking astir their romance, Shirley, who replaced the precocious Len Goodman connected the BBC creation show, antecedently 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. 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, Shirley's lad who followed successful his mum's footsteps and appeared connected Dancing With The Stars, furiously denied allegations that the brace had split. At the time, Shirley past spoke retired addressing the claims and said she had "changed her mind" astir marrying Danny aft going done a divorcement doubly before. She added: "Danny and I are inactive unneurotic contrary to thing you mightiness read. Who knows [if we'll get married]."

The Mirror has contacted the BBC prima for a comment.

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