Strictly Come Dancing star, Karen Huaer, was married to Kevin Clifton for 3 years earlier than they divorced in 2018 and he met Stacey Dooley, who he now shares a daughter with
Karen Hauer has admitted that she and ex-husband, Kevin Clifton, “belonged collectively” in an emotional interview following their divorce. The Strictly Come Dancing stars have been married for 3 years earlier than they referred to as it quits in 2018, leaving their legion of loyal followers heartbroken.
Kevin, 42, is now in a relationship with BBC star, Stacey Dooley, 38, who he met on Strictly and with whom he shares daughter, Minnie, two. Nevertheless, opening up about her former relationship with the dancer from Lincolnshire, Karen, 43, insists she “belonged” with Kevin. Lifting the lid on their break-up on Married At First Sight star, Paul C. Brunson’s We Must Speak podcast, she shared: “This one damage as a result of we belonged collectively. Have you learnt what I imply? It was such as you would not say one another’s names with out following the opposite individual’s identify.
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“It was one among these that we’re like, ‘What? What?’ We constructed stuff collectively. I felt that he distanced himself from me, however I used to be most likely doing the identical as a result of I felt if he did not need me then, okay, I will retreat.
“I will offer you your house. It was a type of that we’re each not speaking about it. So, I am like, would you like a divorce? Do you need to cut up up? I do not know what I need to do.”
Revealing the break-up occurred over a 12 months behind the scenes of Strictly, she continued: “What do you need to do? Have you learnt what you need? I do not know what I need. Okay. So, will we are damaged up or?
“So, it took some time truly. It took a few 12 months behind the scenes, in entrance of the scenes, every part was regular.”
Claiming she would have stayed to work issues out if she thought Kevin had wished the identical, Karen, who has been married 3 times, added: “We fell aside and I clearly did not know what was occurring in his thoughts whether or not he wished to be with me or not. I knew that I’d have labored on it.
“I’d have stayed however on the identical time I could not be with somebody who wasn’t certain of whether or not they wished to be with me or not. I could not simply wait.”
After the break-up, Karen, who cut up up from her third husband in 2023, was branded a cheat after followers, not realising that she and Kevin had damaged up, accused her of getting an affair after she was noticed with another person.
Insisting she wasn’t untrue to Kevin, Karen stated: “It wasn’t somebody that I dated or one thing, it simply occurred to be somebody that I simply noticed a few instances and I obtained snapped up.
“After which unexpectedly I used to be simply strolling with this individual after which unexpectedly, you understand, I am portrayed as somebody that has cheated on him after which clearly he [Kevin] noticed the photographs and was like, ‘what’? So there was a giant misunderstanding in all of that as a result of I wasn’t, truly I used to be actually ready to be beloved.”
After their cut up, Karen and Kevin nonetheless continued to work collectively respectfully on Strictly because the Venezuelan-American shared: “We revered each other, you understand. We by no means stated a foul phrase about each other. I feel that is as a result of we maintain one another to such a excessive regard, you understand. There’ll at all times be love there.”
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