BBC Strictly Come Dancing star confirms romance with rugby player boyfriend

Strictly Come Dancing star Saffron Barker has gone Instagram official with her new rugby player boyfriend, Louis Rees-Zammit. The 23 year old YouTube sensation, who danced her way into our hearts on the BBC show in 2019, shared a sweet snap of them sharing a kiss.

After a whirlwind few days that included attending a film premiere and a fun night out in Cardiff with pals, Saffron even got to spend some quality time with Louis' mum, Maxine.

Strictly star Amy Dowden responded to Saffron's Instagram post, saying: "Happy for you, Saf." Dancer Abbie Quinnen simply commented: "Adorable". Singer Talia Storm added: "So happy for you Saff."

Their blossoming romance has been met with cheers from their inner circle, although Louis' celebrity lifestyle does get a bit of a ribbing from his teammates.

Dan Biggar, one of Louis' teammates, joked: "We all just take the mick out of him. The boys all call him St Tropez Away.

"They reckon he's going to start a rugby team in St Tropez."

Thanks to her YouTube fame, Saffron has appeared on many TV shows, boosting her popularity. She even starred in Celebrity Hunted, which was a total surprise as she thought it was staged.

Chatting with the Mirror, Saffron shared: "The show opened my eyes up, I felt when I left the show, I was a different person but in a good way. You go through so much that you don't see on TV, they don't show the hard bits where you're really struggling and when people close doors on your face.

"They don't show half of it because it's got to be entertaining. The faith that it gave me in humanity was just crazy after this show. It was crazy, it made me realise I'm tougher than I probably thought I was."

She continued: "I had to camp out alone some nights and this is outside of my comfort zone, I had to go knock on somebody's door and ask to stay in their house when I was alone. iIt gets to a point where you have to do it. It made me a lot more confident as a person."

"But it wasn't that long ago that she thought it was staged for entertainment."

She added: "When I first got the show, I thought it was gonna be really fake, I loved the show and I watch it religiously. When I first got it, I was like 'OK, what's actually legit?' and they were like 'Everything' and I thought it can't be."

The YouTube star added: "The thing with the celebrity one is they have to show a lot more of like, the entertaining side of it.

"The thing is on the show, there are certain things you have to attend an event or do certain things to make the show entertaining and it also makes it so much harder for you you can't just camp in the wild for a week! As a viewer, I used to think 'Well why don't you just stay in the woods?' But you can't."

She continued: "The whole eight days you're there, you've got to attend an event, or a work thing, or something like that there are different options – they're not like 'You have to do this'."

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