STRICTLY Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis might have been hit by the present’s love curse — with friends fearing she and boyfriend Sam Arnold have grown aside.
Courageous Rose, 27, final yr grew to become the primary deaf champion within the present’s historical past with dance companion Giovanni Pernice.
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However buddies say she and Sam seem to have turn out to be distant since she received Strictly Come Dancing in December.
They’d celebrated seven years collectively earlier than Rose went on the Strictly tour in the beginning of the yr. She stored her romance non-public however Sam recurrently appeared in her Instagram snaps as they travelled collectively by means of South America in 2019.
Sam had additionally cheered on Rose as she received Strictly with Giovanni, 31.
The three of them had been all smiles for the digicam on an evening out throughout rehearsals however Sam typically didn’t attend the present earlier than the ultimate night time.
In April, EastEnders star Rose minimize a lonely determine as she went to Barcelona by herself.
She additionally left the BBC cleaning soap final week however has plans for an thrilling profession change.
A supply mentioned: “Rose and Sam drifted aside, particularly after she grew to become so busy with work tasks and was in-demand with new work alternatives.
“They nonetheless have plenty of love and respect for one another, however they’re additionally nonetheless younger and understanding their lives.
“Rose went to Barcelona on her personal to assemble her ideas and take into consideration what she needed. They’ve each grown as folks since they first beginning courting.
“That is Rose’s second and she or he is grabbing life by the horns, specializing in her profession and taking any alternative that she will.”
In addition to profitable the present, Rose and Gio’s silent dance received a Bafta TV must-see second.
The obvious rift means Rose could be the most recent in an extended line of Strictly opponents to see their relationship crumble.
Solely on Friday, Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty, 27, introduced he had break up from girlfriend Eiri Munro, 23. The couple have a one-year-old son.
After his 2013 stint on the present, ex-rugby participant Ben Cohen broke up with spouse Abby. He then fell for dance companion Kristina Rihanoff.
Countdown’s Rachel Riley break up from hubby Jamie Gilbert in the identical yr. Months later, she was courting dance companion Pasha Kovalev.
In 2017, ex-Everlasting singer Louise Redknapp and her soccer pundit hubby Jamie break up.
‘I used to be a burden’
4 years in the past, Katya Jones, married to fellow professional Neil, was seen snogging her dance companion, comedian Seann Walsh, in footage printed by The Solar on Sunday.
Katya and Neil later break up as did Seann and his companion Rebecca Humphries. Stacey Dooley additionally ended her relationship with private coach Sam Tucknott, and dated professional dancer Kevin Clifton.
This week she introduced she and professional dancer Kevin Clifton predict a child.
On Friday, Rose made a shifting speech on the Edinburgh TV Pageant criticising deaf tokenism on the telly.
She mentioned: “I’m accomplished with being the token deaf character. Simply hiring a deaf actor isn’t a job effectively accomplished. I used to be made to really feel I used to be troublesome, I used to be a burden.”
She mentioned she didn’t watch Strictly earlier than showing because the BBC subtitles had been gradual and inaccurate.
Rose will subsequent entrance a one-hour Beeb documentary about signal language, Indicators For Change, which explores challenges and discrimination dealing with people who find themselves deaf.
Earlier this month, she teamed up with Barbie to unveil their first doll with behind-the-ear listening to aids. The actress options within the Rose, Barbie & Buddies marketing campaign.
Reps for Rose and EastEnders had been contacted for remark.
