‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star Karen Hauer would have tried to save lots of her marriage to Kevin Clifton if she believed he nonetheless needed to be together with her.
The ballroom dancer was with former ‘Strictly’ skilled Kevin from 2015 till they introduced their divorce in 2018.
Now, Karen has opened up on the ultimate months of the wedding, admitting she determined to confront Kevin about whether or not he was completely satisfied of their relationship and that proved to be the catalyst for his or her eventual separation.
Showing on Paul C. Brunson’s ‘We Want To Speak’ podcast, she stated: “This one damage, as a result of we belonged collectively. You would not say one another’s names with out following the opposite particular person’s title.
“I felt that he distanced himself from me, however I used to be in all probability doing the identical. As a result of I felt that if you do not need me then OK, I am going to retreat, I am going to provide you with your house. It was a type of, the place we’re each not speaking about it.
“I used to be like, “Would you like a divorce? Do you need to break up up? I do not know what I need to do. What do you need to do? Are you aware what you need? I do not know what I would like. Are we damaged up?’
‘So it took some time truly, it took a few 12 months… behind the scenes. In entrance of the scenes every thing was regular.”
Karen, 43, would have been ready to battle for her marriage if Kevin, 42, had given her a sign that he nonetheless needed to be together with her.
She added: “‘I knew that I’d’ve labored on it – I’d’ve stayed. However on the identical time, I could not be with somebody who wasn’t certain of whether or not they needed to be with me or not. I could not wait.
“I waited for some time, and I used to be giving him his house to suppose, after which funnily sufficient I met somebody. I used to be actually ready to be beloved.
“He simply needed a divorce, and I did not battle it. One thing needed to occur to ensure that him to decide, as a result of I wasn’t going to make the choice.”
For the reason that divorce, Kevin discovered love with documentary maker Stacey Dooley who he met after being partnered together with her on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in 2018.
The couple welcomed a daughter into the world in January 2023.
Karen dated opera singer David Webb earlier than assembly businessman Jordan Wyn-Jones on-line and ultimately occurring to marry him in 2022. nevertheless, her third marriage resulted in 2024.
The dancer – whose first marriage was to Matthew Hauer – says Jordan introduced nothing to the connection and in hindsight she regrets being with him.
She stated: “I obtained myself right into a relationship that I should not have. I felt embarrassed that I could not hold anybody round me and I stated to myself, ‘No, I am not going to get right into a relationship… spend a while by yourself.’
“‘However I do not know the right way to be alone.
“I wasn’t residence alone, however there was nothing that fulfilled me. He wasn’t offering something, there was no enhancement in my emotional being, my bodily being.
“I used to be working, doing my factor, coming out and in of the home and letting him calm down.”
