KAI Widdrington has gone Instagram official with his new girlfriend as he gushed about how happy he is.
The Sun revealed yesterday Strictly star Kai, 29, has found love again with brunette beauty Chloe Wells – nine months on from his acrimonious split with Nadiya Bychkova, 35.
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He’s now taken to Instagram with a snap of the pair gazing into each other’s eyes during a night out.
The TV personality wrote in his caption: “Happiness is underrated,” along with a black heart emoji.
Southampton-native Kai was supported by some of his co-stars in the comments section of the post.
Lauren Oakley wrote: “Cuties!” while Tasha Ghouri said: “Sooo happy for you!!!” and Molly Rainford added: “you guys.”
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Nancy Xu inserted a string of purple hearts and Jowita Przystał opted for the heart-eyed emoji.
Kai met Chloe, an executive assistant for a firm in the City, during a trip to his local pub.
Having kept their romance secret for a little while, the pair are set to “go public” with their first red carpet appearance too.
A pal said: “Chloe and Kai met in a pub in West London and hit it off from the start.
“Chloe is a great girl and has absolutely no interest in the limelight; she just likes Kai for Kai.
“They have a real laugh together and although it’s early days, they’re planning on moving in together in the coming months.
“Kai found it very damaging to his mental health having his past relationship with Nadiya played out in public, and thankfully Chloe has no interest at all in being in the spotlight.
“She also isn’t a Strictly superfan which makes things easier.
“They’re super-content, and Kai attributes a lot of his looking so well to being in a happier place in life thanks to her. They make a really cute couple.”
Chloe, originally from Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, now lives in London.
This is Kai’s first relationship following his break-up from Ukrainian pro, Nadiya, whom he dated for two years.
The pair launched a sell-out tour but, awkwardly, were forced to dance together nightly whilst in the process of separating.
Last year Nadiya gave an interview to promote her solo tour, and confirmed she and Kai were no longer friends.
She told the Mirror: “We work together but we are not friends and that’s ok.
“One thing I can tell you is that when you see me dancing with him it will be amazing because I’m a professional.”
Following Nadiya and Kai’s split it was reported bosses at Strictly were considering banning workplace romances due the tension backstage between exes.
At the National Television Awards last year, the former couple reportedly had to be “kept apart”.
Strictly Curse – The Lowdown
STRICTLY Come Dancing’s latest series has already been hit by rumours of a BBC show ‘curse’ – yet what is it?
A host of Strictly Come Dancing stars have been struck by the Strictly Curse during the past two decades.
This is where celebrities who may or may not be attached in the outside world become more than friends with their professional partners.
A total of 20 relationships are said to have been impacted so far over the show’s 20 years.
It has seen relationships crumble with dance floor romances and punishing rehearsal schedules to blame.
This includes the partnerships of Louise and Jamie Redknapp as well as Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer.
Controversially, Judge Craig Revel Horwood once said of the curse: “I think of it as a blessing, to be honest. One person is married, the other one had a girlfriend but my point in this entire thing is: if you come on Strictly, sometimes you are in a relationship that is not working anyway.
“There has to be something wrong in your relationship before it all goes awry.”
Series one winner Brendan Cole left his fiancé, fellow Strictly professional Camilla Dallerup, during filming for the very first series in spring 2004.
Brendan was said to have fallen for his celebrity partner and inaugural winner Natasha Kaplinsky, although the duo didn’t confirm they were romantically involved.
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