Helen Skelton has moved to her childhood town in Cumbria with her family following her split from her ex-husband Richie Myler.
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 39, confirmed she had relocated from Leeds where she and her rugby player ex used to live with their three children, Ernie, seven, Louis, five, and nine-month-old Elsie.
The pair bought their Yorkshire home in 2020 and the Countryfile presenter documented their renovations, taking the “little old quirky building that didn’t make sense” and making it into a dream family home.
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The Leeds Rhino’s player moved out of the stunning cottage shortly after the pair announced their separation in April, just four months after the birth of their third child.
The former Blue Peter presenter confirmed she had moved back to her childhood village, with her children being looked after by their grandparents as she splits her time between there and the Strictly studios in Hertfordshire.
Discussing the move, she told The Telegraph: “I am literally in my childhood Cumbrian village with all my school friends, and so everyone just kind of mucks in together.”
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It was recently announced that Helen’s estranged husband, whom she was married to for nine years, was expecting a baby with his girlfriend Stephanie Thirkill.
Just days after the news was announced, the mum-of-three’s Strictly dance partner Gorka Marquez attempted to give her confidence boost as he addressed the “difficult time” she had been having.
He said: “I know you have been having a difficult time and I know you’ve been made to feel like you’re not beautiful or good enough, or anything, but if you don’t believe in yourself, I believe in you.
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“Everybody here believes in you, your family believes in you.”
Gorka continued: “It doesn’t matter how many times I say it or the judges say it, or anybody says it, it’s only you who is going to be the one who can make the change and the one who needs to believe in you, because you are an amazing woman, very inspirational, an amazing mum, and an incredible dancer so believe in you please.”
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