Married Strictly professionals Karen and Kevin Clifton have reportedly hit a rocky patch and are barely speaking to each other.
The couple’s relationship has ‘become strained’ during the BBC One dancing competition this year and things ‘aren’t going well’, sources claimed.
Group rehearsals for the couple, who wed in 2015, are allegedly awkward since Karen, 35, was voted off the show last month with partner Simon Rimmer.
Rumour has it: Married Strictly professionals Karen and Kevin Clifton have reportedly hit a rocky patch and are barely speaking to each other
The allegations comes amid claims the notorious Strictly ‘curse’, which has broken up a string of romances, could strike the couple.
Cracks in their romance have reportedly started to appear, with Kevin, 35, often in Scotland to train with his celebrity partner Susan Calman.
‘Kevin has spoken to some of those close to him and admitted things aren’t going well between them at the minute,’ an insider told The Sun.
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Karen and Kevin for comment.
Karen previously admitted their marriage is nothing like the perfect union it appears, and that their domestic fights often result in them sleeping separately.
Rocky patch? The couple’s relationship has ‘become strained’ during the BBC One dancing competition this year and things ‘aren’t going well’, sources claimed
Claims: Group rehearsals for the couple, who wed in 2015, are allegedly awkward since Karen, 35, was voted off the show last month with partner Simon Rimmer (pictured at the Pride Of Britain Awards)
‘We’re not a superhuman couple, we’re normal, so when things happen, we fight,’ she told The Daily Mail in August.
‘We fight about things like him not taking the rubbish out. He does it more than me but that’s only because I tell him to do it.’
The Venezuelan brunette joined the show in 2012, and met Lincolnshire-born Kevin when he joined a year later.
At the time, he had been married to fellow dancer Clare Craze for six years, but they split that same year. Striking up a romance with Karen, he married her two years later.
Hmm: The allegations comes amid claims the notorious Strictly ‘curse’, which has broken up a string of romances, could strike the couple
Allegations: ‘Kevin has spoken to some of those close to him and admitted things aren’t going well between them at the minute,’ an insider told The Sun
‘When we fight we don’t always make up before going to bed. We’ll go to sleep angry,’ she added.
‘He’s not the one who sleeps on the sofa, though, I am, because I actually like to sleep on the sofa. I like watching TV so it’s fine.’
Kevin’s sister, Strictly dancer Joanne, also fell victim to the curse after splitting from her boyfriend, actor Joe Edward-Bader, earlier this year.
Previous victims of the curse include ex-rugby player Ben Cohen, who starting dating his dance partner Kristina Rihanoff after splitting from his wife, and TV newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky, who left her then-partner Mike Barnard after having an affair with her dancer partner, Brendan Cole, while on the show.
Oh dear: Cracks in their romance have reportedly started to appear, with Kevin, 35, often in Scotland to train with his celebrity partner Susan Calman (pictured performing on the show)
Candid: Karen previously admitted their marriage is nothing like the perfect union it appears, and that their domestic fights often result in them sleeping separately
Karen insisted she and Kevin are resilient. ‘When we fight we make up and life goes on. The best way to take care of your marriage is to make sure you communicate with each other.’
It comes amid claims Karen and fellow professional Janette Manrara are jealous of newcomer and former Playboy model Nadiya Bychkova.
The report claims that the fight escalated after judge Bruno Tonioli praised Ukrainian world champion Nadiya’s stunning looks on the show, saying she resembled a ‘movie star’.
A Strictly source told The Sun: ‘They think she looks cheap — more like a lap dancer than a Hollywood A-lister. There is a lot of tension and jealousy at the moment behind the scenes.
Content: The Venezuelan brunette joined the show in 2012, and met Lincolnshire-born Kevin when he joined a year later. At the time, he had been married to fellow dancer Clare Craze for six years, but they split that same year