Rachel Stevens has reportedly split from her Dancing on Ice co-star after the pair met while on the ITV competition show.
The Sl Club 7 star, 47, was first rumored to be dating pro skater Brandin Hatfield in April 2023.
When she appeared on the show in 2022, she was married to childhood sweetheart Alex Burn, who appeared in the Netflix reality series Buying London and with whom she shares two daughters, Amelia and Minnie.
However, in July 2022, Russell shared a statement on social media announcing that they were separating, and nine months later she was linked to Sliding Pro, who has been on the ITV show since 2020.
However, Rachel and Brendyn have now reportedly called it quits, despite a source claiming the couple drifted apart and felt there was “no way forward”.
A source told The Sun : “It’s an incredibly sad and relatively recent thing. There’s still a lot of affection there, and there’s no regrets.”
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“But it’s not easy trying to make a blended family work seamlessly, and eventually the tension between Rachel and Brandin became too much, and they never want to row in front of their children, who are still their priority.”
Brandin and his young son are said to have moved out of the home the couple had shared.
Russell has previously said that her marriage was on the rocks when she met the skating professional.
“It was dirty,” she said.
“I knew we were growing, that I was growing, but I was shaken because, first of all, my children,” she told The Sun in Sunday’s fabulous magazine.
Recalling Alex’s telling of her feelings for Brandin, she admitted, “It was really scary because I knew as soon as I said it, it was it.”
She went on to call Brandin a “beautiful person” and added that she “really loves her.”
When publicly announcing their separation, Russell said she felt “incredibly grateful” for the life they had built together.
She later said that their split was “really painful and sad.”
Brandin had also previously separated from his wife Jessica, and in 2023, it was reported that the skater had welcomed a child with one of the TV hosts who worked on Ice Dancing.
Metro has contacted representatives for Rachel Stevens and Brendyn Hatfield for comment.
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