Rachel Stevens ‘dating Dancing On Ice partner Brendyn Hatfield’

Rachel Stevens is reportedly dating her former Dancing On Ice partner Brendyn Hatfield.

The S Club 7 star, 45, appeared on the ITV show with professional skater Brendyn, 37, last year and a source has now told The Sun the pair are ‘smitten’.

It comes after singer Rachel announced she’d split from her husband of 12 years, Alex Bourne, in July last year.

Meanwhile, Brendyn is also separated from his wife, fellow professional skater Jessica.

A source told The Sun on Sunday: ‘Rachel had a really great friendship and partnership with Brendyn and it keeps developing.

New love? Rachel Stevens, 45, is reportedly dating her former Dancing On Ice partner Brendyn Hatfield, 37 (Rachel and Brendyn pictured on Dancing On Ice in January last year)

End of the road: It comes after singer Rachel announced she’d split from her husband of 12 years, Alex Bourne, in July last year (Rachel and Alex pictured in 2011)

‘They’re really smitten and looking forward to the future.

‘She wasn’t expecting to find love again at this stage in her life but she’s feeling postive about what’s to come and hopeful about a new start.

‘She is taking each day as it comes and focusing on upcoming career projects.’

MailOnline has contacted Brendyn and a representative for Rachel for comment.

Heart FM host Rachel and Brendyn first met when they started training for Dancing On Ice in November 2021.

They struck up a friendship but became the third couple to be voted out of the competition in January last year.

Just a few months later, Rachel announced her split from her childhood sweetheart Alex, just a month before their 13th wedding anniversary.

She moved out of the family home they shared earlier this year and the former couple are focusing on raising daughters Amelie, 12, and Minnie, nine.

Exes: Brendyn is married to fellow professional skater Jessica (pictured) who was a reserve dancer for the 2020 series of Dancing On Ice. They split two years ago

The source added to the paper that Rachel and Alex are on good terms and are ‘co-parenting their two daughters’, with the pair successfully communicating as they work through their marriage break-up.

They insisted Rachel and Alex have a lot of ‘love and respect’ for one another.

Brendyn is married to fellow professional skater Jessica who was a reserve dancer for the 2020 series of Dancing On Ice.

They split two years ago and she moved back to America where she has been working as a nurse and performing in the Disney On Ice tour.

The source said the couple were ‘still friends’ but have not been in a relationship for a ‘long time’.

Pop star Rachel took to her Instagram Stories last July to let her fans know of the sad news that she had split from her husband Alex

She wrote at the time: ‘I just wanted to share with you all that after time and consideration the difficult decision has been made for Alex and I to separate.

‘While we are no longer partners in marriage, we will remain partners in parenthood to our beautiful girls and continue with love and respect for each other.

Change: Rachel took to her Instagram Stories to let her fans know she had split from Alex in July last year

Sweethearts: Rachel and Alex were childhood sweethearts after they briefly went out with each other at the age of 12 having met at a youth club

Family: Rachel and Alex later share daughters Amelie, 12, and Minnie, nine, together (both pictured)

‘I feel so incredibly grateful for the life we built together and will now continue to be focused on moving forward united as a family.’

Rachel and Alex, who were childhood sweethearts, married at Claridge’s in London in 2009.

The pair walked down the aisle to S Club 7’s hit Never Had A Dream Come True and her bandmates – Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O’Meara, Jon Lee, Tina Barrett and the late Paul Cattermole – were there to watch them say ‘I do’.

Rachel previously spoke out about re-meeting her childhood sweetheart, Alex.

She discussed her defining life moments as she recalled ‘randomly’ bumping into her former boyfriend repeatedly.

Rachel detailed how it was ‘like they were being pulled back to each other’ on Roxie Nafousi’s The Moments That Made Me podcast.

She said: ‘We were childhood sweethearts. We went out with each other when we were 12, we met at youth club and I was besotted with him!

‘We went out for probably about four weeks and when you’re that age that was a really long time!’

History: Rachel previously dated former Hollyoaks actor Jeremy Edwards and he proposed to her on Valentine’s Day in 2002, before they later split without marrying in 2004 (pictured in 2003)

The blonde beauty explained how the pair used to be in the same social groups growing up together in North London.

Detailing their love story, she continued: ‘We then went on dates again when we were like 16 and then again when we were 18 and then we parted ways, you know, obviously I went off and did my thing he went off and did his thing.

‘Years and years later, I was in Selfridges randomly and he walked in and we bumped into each other.

‘We were both in our late 20s and weirdly he said as he was walking in, I know I’m going to see you, he knew he was going to see me…’

Unfortunately, the timing was off for the pair as Rachel had just come out of a long term relationship and Alex had a girlfriend at the time.

She explained: ‘It was just lovely to see him as an old friend and from that moment on we kept randomly bumping into each other.

‘His relationship with his girlfriend ended and then I went off to LA and he was an actor at the time so he came out to LA, too.

‘Then we rekindled our relationship again!

Fame game: Rachel found success with pop group S Club 7 (clockwise L-R Rachel, the late Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Tina Barrett, Bradley McIntosh, Hanah Spearritt, Jo O’Meara) (pictured in 1999)

‘So, it was quite a random meeting and then just sort of randomly bumping into each other it was like we were being pulled back to each other.’

Rachel admitted that after rekindling their romance, she knew that Alex was ‘the one’ but said they took their relationship slowly, adding ‘the rest is history’.

Actress Rachel previously dated former Hollyoaks actor Jeremy Edwards.

He proposed to Rachel on Valentine’s Day in 2002, with the couple going on their first date 18 months earlier.

The couple never married and they split in 2004.

Rachel has been through a difficult time of late, having lost her friend and S Club bandmate Paul Cattermole, who died suddenly at the age of 46 at his home in Dorset earlier this month.

Rachel paid a heartfelt tribute to Paul Cattermole, who she and the rest of the band was due to embark on a celebratory 25th anniversary UK tour with in October this year.

While the tour will still go ahead, the band have been in shock by his untimely passing and Rachel issued a personal statement on her Instagram page last week.

Heartbreak: Rachel (2nd left) paid a heartfelt tribute to her S Club 7 bandmate Paul (far left) after his tragic death (pictured with the band earlier this year)

RIP: Paul was found dead on the morning of Thursday 6 April at his home in Dorset at the age of 46 (pictured in 2000)

Thank you: Rachel thanked fans for their ‘outpouring of support’ and said she hoped her late friend ‘knew how loved he was’

She thanked fans for their ‘outpouring’ of support and said she hoped her late friend ‘knew how loved he was’.

Alongside a black and white photo of Paul from the bands heyday she wrote: ‘Thank you so much for all your beautiful messages of love and support.

‘The outpouring of love for our Paul has been so incredibly special and has meant so much,I hope he knew how loved he was.

She continued: ‘Such a kind, gentle and sensitive soul with the most incredible energy and such a wild free spirit. He would light up any room.

‘We are heartbroken but so grateful for the memories we all shared, an absolute shining star who we will love and miss always.

‘RIP darling Paul.’

Paul was found at his Dorset home on the morning of Thursday 6 April and was pronounced dead in the afternoon, his family said the following day.

Tragic news: While his cause of death has not been revealed, the band’s manager reportedly said that there were ‘no suspicious circumstances’

Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

In a joint statement, Paul’s family and S Club 7 said: ‘It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved son and brother Paul Cattermole.

‘Paul was found yesterday, 6th April 2023 at his home in Dorset and was pronounced dead later that afternoon.

‘While the cause of death is currently unknown, Dorset Police has confirmed that there were no suspicious circumstances. Paul’s family, friends and fellow members of S Club request privacy at this time.’

Rachel Stevens ‘dating Dancing On Ice partner Brendyn Hatfield’
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