Dancing On Ice host Stephen Mulhern’s love life has been a bit of a mystery, with the star keeping his relationships out of the limelight. He’s even shared a smooch with co-host Holly Willoughby.
The 46-year-old telly favourite also had a whirlwind romance with an EastEnders actress and made a ‘sad’ confession about his love life. Even though he’s always on our screens, not much is known about Stephen’s private life. The former CITV presenter likes to keep his love life secret.
Stephen has said that he likes to keep “myself to myself”, just like his famous pals Ant and Dec, who don’t talk much about their families. His Instagram doesn’t feature many clues to his home life – and instead is kept mostly to his work.
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In a chat in 2019, Stephen said he would “never do a reality show”, adding: “I would never do Dancing On Ice or I’m A Celebrity… because I do like to keep myself to myself.”
EastEnders star romance
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Sometimes Stephen talks about his love life. In 2018, he said that being busy with work makes it hard to find love. One of Stephen’s known ex-girlfriends is EastEnders actress Emma Barton, 46, who plays Honey Mitchell on the BBC soap.
Emma and Stephen were reportedly a couple from 2008 to 2011 after meeting during a pantomime production of Snow White, where Emma was the star and Stephen played her funny best mate, Muddles. It seems their time on stage together brought them closer.
Like many famous faces, they kept their romance private and were together for three years before deciding to split in 2011. Stephen, who is well-known for hosting Britain’s Got More Talent, said at the time that their relationship had naturally come to an end.
Co-star smooch
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Stephen once shared a kiss with his good friend Holly Willoughby while they were presenting Saturday Showdown on CITV together. During a special Christmas episode of Saturday Showdown, Stephen gave Holly an elf hat with mistletoe on it.
Holly happily said: “Hurray for me! I can kiss all of the boys in the world all of the time,” before she started singing: “Tis the season to kiss Holly, fa la la la la la la la la! “.
Stephen took this as a cue, but when he went in for a kiss, Holly said: “No! Stephen, you don’t count!” Stephen responded: “What do you mean, I don’t count? Whoever you are under the mistletoe with you must kiss”.
After nicking another Christmas smooch from Holly, she joked: “Don’t wear my lips out, I am going to be kissing Anthony from Blue soon.” Stephen planted three more kisses on Holly during the show, making her take off her hat and say: “You are definitely on the naughty list!”
‘Really sad’
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In a chat with Celebs Now back in 2018, the magician said: “Last time I went on a date was about four years ago.” He then laughed it off: “That makes me sound really sad! I need a life. I need to stop working so much.”
But he also mentioned that he’s still up for finding his special someone and is eager to meet “the one”.
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