The Countryfile star and her rugby player announced in April last year that they were 'no longer a couple'
Helen Skelton has opened up about her marriage split as she recalled a question she was asked by her Strictly Come Dancing partner Gorka Marquez. The Countryfile star and her rugby player announced in April last year that they were "no longer a couple".
The pair now co-parent their three children – eight-year-old son Ernie, six-year-old Louis and daughter Elsie Kate – with her former husband and rugby player Richie Myler.READ MORE: Read more of today's top stories from the Manchester Evening News Helen previously said that she had “found her confidence on the dancefloor” while competing on the show. But despite the breakdown of her marriage, the mum-of-three also insisted her life isn't any different to anyone else's.
"It was an awkward question that immediately made me cringe. Why ask me that?! I was just there for the banter. I have never been sexy, I was the cute and funny type. He was asking a woman with three children under six, whose husband had just left her and was with another woman, TO BE SEXY. I thought, ‘Who would feel good about themselves in that scenario?’."
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