Shirley Ballas and toyboy fiancé Danny Taylor are still together.
Shirley Ballas and toyboy fiancé Danny Taylor still together
Despite recent speculation that the pair had split after Shirley, 62, called them "good friends", she has insisted that they are still in a relationship.
'Strictly Come Dancing' judge Shirley told The Sun newspaper: "Danny, we're still together after four and a half years. That's miraculous. He has a very busy schedule and I have a very busy schedule.
"He's in the North and I'm in the south, but somehow we do try to make it work, so that's good. What I like most about Danny is he has a heart of gold and he puts up with my lifestyle. I am like the Tazmanian devil and I'm all over the place."
Shirley is preparing for the new season of 'Strictly' and revealed her favourite dance is the rumba as it reminds her of sex.
She said: "I love all the dances but I particularly love the Viennese Waltz and I love the rumba, which is the vertical expression of a horizontal desire - work that one out."
Shirley joined Strictly in 2017 following the departure of Len Goodman and started dating Danny, 50, in 2019 after meeting while rehearsing for the Christmas pantomime 'Jack and the Beanstalk' at the Liverpool Empire.
Reports of their split came earlier this year after Shirley insisted she was no longer in a place where she wanted to get married.
She told Closer: "I don’t feel there’s a pressure [to get married]. I think the only pressure I felt was my own. As my son [Mark] said, it was me who was pushing to get married. Things changed last year – my mum moved in, and Danny’s not in a place to get married. But we’re good as we are. We’re good friends and that works.
"Danny stays fairly busy and I check in every day. You can tell there’s that love and warmth. It is what it is today, and no one’s promised tomorrow. We learn from the past and keep moving.”