Amy Nuttall is reportedly in talks to compete in this year’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
Amy Nuttall is reportedly in talks to compete in this year’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’
The ‘Downtown Abbey’ and ex-‘Emmerdale’ actress, 40, is said to be holdings negotiations to appear on the BBC show weeks after her 44-year-old husband Andrew Buchan – who is now living with his 40-year-old BBC One ‘Better’ co-star Leila Farzad – walked out.
A source told The Sun Amy thinks the dance contest could give her the “fresh start she needs” and she’s thought to have been inspired by 39-year-old presenter Helen Skelton’s appearance on ‘Strictly’ last year after her eight-year marriage to rugby player Richie Myler, 32, ended.
The insider added: “Amy has been left broken by Andrew’s actions and feels humiliated by the whole ordeal.
“She wants to move on and not let the messy break-up define her. ‘Strictly’ would be the perfect way for her to do that and hopefully restore the confidence she is lacking right now.
“It’s not clear if everyone involved is up for it as emotions are very raw.”
Amy married actor Andrew, famed for playing Mark Latimer in ‘Broadchurch’, in 2012, and the couple had a son and daughter.
His new girlfriend Leila married her husband James Maizels in 2013, and they had a daughter a year later.
It is not yet known when they split.
Andrew’s alleged affair with Leila was exposed after Amy discovered that he had purchased racy lingerie in a size that was not her own.
Friends claimed he told Amy he wanted to end their marriage just before Christmas.
Amy found fame playing Chloe Atkinson from the age of 18 on ITV’s ‘Emmerdale’ in 2000, staying in the job for eight years before she left the show to pursue a music career.
She has also played Ethel Parks in the BBC’s ‘Downton Abbey’, with her character losing her job at the Downton estate after she has an affair with an army officer.
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