Strictly Come Dancing ’s Vito Coppola and Helen Skelton are said to have become the latest couple to appear on the show and develop a close bond on and off the dancefloor.
As the Mirror exclusively revealed, TV presenter Helen Skelton and professional dancer Vito have “bonded” after spending time together on the show tour bus as it travelled between UK cities.
Helen found herself suddenly single last year after her husband Richie Myler ended their seven year marriage shortly after the arrival of their third child.
While Helen is said to be enjoying striking up a new bond, this isn’t Vito’s first rodeo when it comes to falling victim to the dreaded curse, as much the same thing happened during his time on the Italian dance competition series, Ballando con le Stelle.
Back in the 2021 series, Vito was said to have gotten cosy with his dance partner Arisa - an Italian singer, born Rosalba Pippa.
The pair were confirmed to make their relationship official after the show ended and dated for about a year, but according to recent reports in the country, they split after facing a “rocky patch”.
Vito confirmed their breakup - which was said to be on “good terms” - to a local outlet.
He said: “We have remained on good terms, but ours is only a friendly one. We are not a couple, we are not talking about coexistence: today we are not together.”
Arisa also seemed to allude to her breakup with Vito before the release of her single Tu Mi Perdición in 2022.
She said beneath a post on Instagram: “My heart went through a very hard time for the first time in my life, I shed many tears and fought with the obsession of an idea that stole my smile for months. A circular thought, made up of sleepless nights, as if I had a strange fever that took away my hunger and desire for anything.
"I'm better now. I understood that I had never felt true love before and I discovered that I was able to give so much.
“I don't care about the outcome. I'm proud of myself and would do it again a thousand times,” she concluded.
This isn't the first time that Arisa has spoken so candidly of her now-ended relationship with Vito. In a previous interview with Italian outlet Corriere della Sera, although she didn't name her ex-partner, she said she was still 'in love' with him.
She said to the interviewer: "I'm in love. But that's the problem, that we're not together. And not being together at a distance is very difficult.
"He wants to lead his life and would like me to be there without being intrusive. But I'm not one for strategies, the one who doesn't text you or lets it ring empty...Life is short."
The Mirror has contacted a representative of Vito Coppola and Arisa for a comment on the matter.
