Shirley Ballas may still be waiting for a proposal but she hasn't seen her boyfriend for two months - and admits she's not easy to live with when they are together.
Due to Strictly Come Dancing pressures, the star and her beau Danny Taylor haven't been together since the summer.
The head judge, 62, is ready to take things to the next level with the 50-year-old but he seems reluctant to get down on one knee.
She is desperately nudging her boyfriend in the right direction after he bought engagement ring - but still hasn’t popped the question.
Shirley says her man will propose when the time is right but she says she's dropping hints and now it's just a waiting game after they found the perfect ring.
"He is a good-looking, nice and kind person — and I have not seen him for two months," she said at the Good Housekeeping Live Festival.
“We decided to do lockdown together and that was like 150 years in two years. We got to know each other inside out.
“We both realised that we are quite compatible. So we talked about getting married then. I don’t know how I would like him to propose . . . I would rather not know," she told The Sun.
Shirley revealed Danny has a ring which is in the safe and is giving him a nudge to pop the question, but the more hints she drops the more he takes "ten steps back".
The former professional dancer says he tells her he will propose when he's ready.
The star, who has already been married twice, knows it's a big deal for Danny and isn't applying any pressure.
But it does seem like the long-serving favourite has waited long enough.
Two years ago she teased a 2021 wedding - and even told the world she wants co-stars Giovanni Pernice, Gorka Marquez and Johannes Radebe to be in the bridal party.
The pair fell in love after meeting during rehearsals for panto Jack And The Beanstalk.
Shirley was playing the role of Mother Nature while Danny starred as villainous Fleshcreep.
Speaking to the Mail in 2020, she said: "Maybe next year is on the cards, possibly.
"Everything with Danny is romantic. When he did my 60th he thought about things I'd never think about, he's very creative, loving and caring."
She added: "For my bridesmaids it would be my gaggle of gays, Alan and Nathan from America, I am already thinking about that – it wouldn't be straightforward, it would have a twist in it.
"Johannes, Gorka and Giovanni could be bridesmaids too. That could be fun."
Shirley was previously married to Sammy Stopford before getting hitched again after meeting fellow dancer Corky Ballas.
They divorced in 2007 but now wedding number three may be on the cards for the head judge.
Danny told Hello! magazine that he is very open to the idea of her one day becoming his wife.
He said: "Who knows where the path is going to go next? But I'm not going anywhere."
"I think marriage is an amazing institution and I really like the idea of committing to someone for the rest of your life, through sickness and in health."
