Strictly Come Dancing professional Karen Hauer dived into details about her three failed marriages and finding love again with her current partner Simon Davidson
Strictly Come Dancing star Karen Hauer has opened up about her love life and career, in her most honest interview to date.
As part of the in-depth chat, the 43-year-old shed light on her three failed marriages to Matthew Hauer, Kevin Clifton, and Jordan Wyn-Jones.
Speaking to relationship expert Paul C Brunson on his podcast We Need To Talk, Karen got particularly emotional when discussing her turbulent marriage to Jordan, which lasted 16 months after their 2022 wedding.
With raw honesty, she described experiencing immense stress, hair loss and also recalled her brother urging her to stop her wedding to Jordan.
"I didn't want anybody to see me as I was. I was changing. I was like a chameleon. I just wanted to blend in."
Karen further confided: "But I was sticking out like a sore thumb because I was, you know, with bleach blonde hair that was just tight or like a mohawk. I didn't know what I wanted to be. I just didn't want to be seen."
Lightening the mood, the longest-serving Strictly professional of the current line-up joked about another walk down the aisle with her beau.
In what appeared to be a dig at her exes, Karen said Simon is the "first proper relationship" she's ever been in.
"He has a job. Tick. He takes care of himself. Tick. We have conversations about what we want, our values," she shared.
"I'm still a little bit messy, and the thing with me, what I'm navigating right now is learning when to accept when someone's telling me this is the way you should do it and now this is how you do it.
"So, making sure that I understand where you're coming from without going, 'oh, why are you telling me what to do?' Instead of 'oh, you're trying to help me'. That's what I'm learning in this relationship."
At the end of their in-depth conversation, Paul said he "loved" that Karen was "still in love with marriage" despite her previous experiences.
With a giggle, she teased: "I am, I'm going to be married soon. Everybody's invited! I love cake!"
"We will all come," Paul chuckled, leading Karen to clarify with a laugh: "I'm kidding, I'm not getting married."
Speaking to the Daily Mail in 2023, Jordan shared his version of why they split up.
According to him, the pair's break-up was down to Karen's hectic dance career and their differing views on starting a family.
Reflecting on their separation, he shared: "There were tears on both sides. A lot of tears and sadness. We didn't want to let go of each other but we're also not right for each other.
If we'd stayed together and we didn't have a family, I felt I would have ended up resenting her.
"This is the perfect moment for us to love each other and leave each other."
Reach PLC has reached out to Jordan for a comment, but are still awaiting a response.
