
Meanwhile Abby described the split and resultant divorce as 'the most traumatic thing to ever happen to me'.īen, 37, met Abby in 1995 at the age of 17, and the couple married in 2003 before welcoming their daughters in 2008.

She said: 'Ben's said it many times and I'll say it again - I wasn't involved in the breaking up of his marriage.' Kristina – who has also dated Vincent Simone and ex partner Joe Calzaghe – said there have been other couples, yet she is the only one to be 'attacked'. 'Recently we started dating but we're allowed to see each other as two single people.' 'He left his wife a year ago,' she told Daily Mirror. Kristina Rihanoff was recently forced to defend her romance with Strictly partner Ben Cohen insisting that their relationship only began once his 11 year marriage to wife Abby had come to an end.
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Series 11: Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff However, it’s believed Russian Artem’s visa issues saw him having to spend time apart from Kara for months on end and they eventually decided to call it a day.Īctress Kara welcomed her baby son, Frey with fiancé Marius Jensen in 2018, while Artem has struck up a romance with retired WWE wrestler, Nikki Bella since moving to the US to compete on Dancing With the Stars in 2014. Unfortunately for Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev their relationship didn't manage to go the distance.Īfter winning the show in 2010 the pair hooked up, love quickly blossomed and they moved into a London home together. Series 8: Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev

Kristina is said to have also wanted children while Joe already has two sons from a previous relationship. Speaking to Hello! Kristina said: 'He was sick and tired of waiting around for me, and said that if I truly loved him, I wouldn’t have taken the job in the West End.' The pair enjoyed a four-year romance but parted ways after Joe reportedly asked Kristina not to accept a role dancing in a stage production. The sportsman began a relationship with Russian dancer Kristina Rihanoff soon afterwards.

Scandal: Kristina was recently forced to defend her romance with Benįormer boxer Joe Calzaghe split with his girlfriend of five years Jo-Emma Larvin just a week into the show in 2009.
