Strictly Come Dancing’s Shirley Ballas has confessed she once played away with an engaged woman while in a relationship herself.
The queen of the dance floor spilled the beans about her past indiscretion during a boozy 40th birthday bash while on Mel Giedroyc’s telly show Unforgivable. Shirley dished the dirt, saying: “I was part of something, and that was a 40th birthday party where this wonderful young lady had too much to drink and so had I.
“We had this great big snog – she was engaged, and I had a boyfriend, so you could say it was a really strong and loveable embrace with somebody else’s girlfriend.”
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The Strictly judge didn’t let slip when the smooch took place. Shirley’s romantic history includes a hitch with fellow footloose pro Sammy Stopford from 1980 to 1984.
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Despite their split, they’ve kept the friendship flame alive, with Shirley even being snapped grabbing a bite with her former beau in 2017, gushing at the time: “Lunch with my first husband, Sammy Stopford. Still love him to bits.”
Post-Sammy, Shirley tied the knot with another twinkle-toed star, Corky Ballas, and together they sashayed through life from 1985 until 2007, producing a son named Mark along the way. Their two-decade tango had its share of stumbles, though, reports the Mirror.
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In her tell-all book “Behind The Sequins” released in 2020, Shirley Ballas spilled the beans on her ex-hubby Corky’s infidelity, confessing he had “multiple girlfriends” even after she hopped the pond to the US for him. She didn’t hold back, revealing: “I gave up my life for that man.”
The Strictly judge found new love with actor Danny Taylor after they met during a panto run of “Jack and the Beanstalk” in 2019. Gushing about her beau in the same year, Shirley said: “I would marry him tomorrow, if he asked me. If this is what love is, I have never experienced it before.
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“He’s very kind and very caring – he’s always there for me. I hope he’ll propose one day but he’s never married and I think he’s a bit nervous about it, so we’ll see. Come on, Danny! “.
Fast forward to 2021, and Danny popped the question with a sparkly diamond ring. However, last year Shirley revealed she wanted to delay the wedding to quench her thirst for travel.
While it was once thought they’d be saying ‘I do’ this year, Shirley has now boldly declared she’s done with walking down the aisle. “Two marriages, an engagement, two long-term relationships later and I will not be getting married again. I’ve made the decision,” she dished out to The Sun.
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