Kai Widdrington has gone Instagram official with his new girlfriend Chloe Wells, less than a year after his dramatic split from dancer Nadiya Bychkova.
The Strictly Come Dancing star, 29, has moved on from Nadiya with Chloe, an Essex-born executive assistant. The pair reportedly met on a night out in West London.
While romance rumours have swirled around the pair, things became official (Instagram official, anyway) with a picture of the pair looking lovingly at eachother that was posted on Thursday.
Chloe looked chic in a brown mini dress as she smiled back at her dancer beau.
Kai captioned the post: ‘Happiness is underrated’, alongside a black heart emoji, tagging Chloe.
Chloe commented a red love heart emoji under the post.
ccording to The Sun, they have kept their romance private as Kai struggled with the publicity surrounding his past relationship with Nadiya, but are now set to make their debut red carpet appearance together.
And in a sign of how well things are progressing, the couple are reportedly planning to move in together soon.
A source close the couple told The Sun: ‘Chloe is a great girl and has absolutely no interest in the limelight; she just likes Kai for Kai. They have a real laugh together and although it’s early days, they’re planning on moving in together in the coming months.
‘Kai found it very damaging to his mental health having his past relationship with Nadiya played out in public, and thankfully Chloe has no interest at all in being in the spotlight. She also isn’t a Strictly superfan which makes things easier.
‘They’re super-content, and Kai attributes a lot of his looking so well to being in a happier place in life thanks to her. They make a really cute couple.’
Kai and Nadiya, 35, met on Strictly and confirmed their relationship in 2022.
They also previously opened up on how it was ‘magic’ when they met, with Nadiya explaining: ‘We met, obviously, as Kai joined Strictly. We became friends, and then magic happened! Can’t help it.’
The dancers are thought to have started dating in January 2022 after growing close during the 2021 series of the show, during which Kai danced with AJ Odudu and Nadiya was paired with Dan Walker.
Nadiya started dating Kai following her split from ex-fiancé and footballer Matija Škarabot – who she shares a daughter with.
This split came in July 2024 as the show was marred with controversy surrounding some of the professional dancers’ conduct with their partners on the show.
No third party was said to be involved, as a source told The Sun: ‘It’s heartbreaking’.
They continued: ‘Kai and Nadiya seemed like the most perfect couple and have been so, so blissfully in love.
‘But the pressures of touring – being in each other’s space 24/7, and the stress of performing a sell-out show eventually took its toll.
News broke last summer that Strictly professional Graziano Di Prima was being dropped from the BBC show over claims Di Prima ‘kicked and hit’ dance partner Zara McDermott, with the former Made In Chelsea star saying watching back videos of training was ‘distressing’ for her.
Around the same time, the BBC confirmed Giovanni Pernice would not be joining the line-up of professional dancers on Strictly this year after claims of inappropriate and controlling behaviour toward Amanda Abbington.
The broadcaster is currently conducting an investigation into Pernice’s teaching style.
Pernice’s previous partners Laura Whitmore and Ranvir Singh are also said to have accused him of misconduct and allegedly met with Abbington – who says she was diagnosed with PTSD after appearing on the show – to ‘compare notes.’
