Strictly star Shirley Ballas’ ex Danny Taylor seen with new mystery woman as he’s supported at Linda Nolan’s funeral

SHIRLEY Ballas’s ex-fiancé Danny Taylor was supported by pals arsenic helium joined the congregation astatine Linda Nolan’s funeral. 

The 51-year-old actor, who has antecedently worked with Linda, was seen looking sombre arsenic helium arrived with a glamorous reddish caput who offered him affectional support.

The brace kept a debased illustration arsenic they arrived astatine the service, earlier Linda’s glittery pinkish coffin was brought successful by pallbearers astatine St Paul’s Church successful Blackpool. 

Looping arms, they leaned connected each different for enactment earlier entering the church. 

While Danny wore a suit, the pistillate helium was with wore a chic achromatic overgarment with fur-trimmed collar. 

They were joined astatine the lawsuit by personage loved ones and pals, including Linda’s sisters, Coleen, Anne, Maureen and Denise Nolan, arsenic good arsenic Paul Chuckle, Shane Ritchie, Charlotte Dawson and Tommy Cannon. 

After quality of Linda’s decease was announced, Liverpudlian Danny shared a tribute to her, revealing Linda to beryllium a mother-figure for him during his clip successful the industry, moving alongside her successful a West End accumulation of Blood Brothers. 

“My beloved showbiz mam and person who similar galore I perfectly loved and adored,” helium wrote. 

“An implicit unit of quality with the DNA of the relation of Mrs Johnstone moving done her veins which she made truthful brilliantly her own.” 

He declared Linda was: “feisty, loyal, funny, inspirational and overmuch much with bigger balls than immoderate fella I've ever known.”

“My thoughts are with her glorious sisters, household and pals that are grieving her nonaccomplishment close now. One successful a cardinal but astatine slightest your backmost with your beloved Brian and of people Bernie.

“Thank you for being determination xxxx Love and miss you already. So truthful bittersweet ..YNWA.” 

Actor Danny, who has appeared successful a drawstring of theatre shows arsenic good arsenic Brookside and Game On and The Liver Birds, made quality successful November past twelvemonth aft splitting with Strictly prima Shirley Ballas. 

The mates were unneurotic for six years, gathering portion successful a panto accumulation of Jack and The Beanstalk, earlier getting engaged successful 2021. 

However, the mates aboriginal called disconnected the engagement successful 2024, with Shirley stating she’d “changed her mind” astir marriage, earlier they split for bully successful November 2024. 

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.

"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."