RACHEL Riley has claimed that her time on Strictly Come Dancing helped her to "break way" from ex-husband Jamie Gilbert.
met Jamie while studying at Oxford university and after a brief split in 2009, they married in 2012, just one year before Rachel's time on the BBC dance competition.Rachel Riley and ex-husband Jamie Gilbert split shortly after her Strictly stint: "What Strictly did was give me distance - because I was away from home in Birmingham, Salford, Borehamwood - and it was the emotional distance that I needed to break away.
While appearing on Strictly Come Dancing, the Countdown host found love with pro partner Pasha Kovalev.She explained: "I'm still friends with my ex-husband. He's great, he's a brilliant guy... We were together since I was 19 and it wasn't right."Rachel is learning the Russian dialect so she can communicate with Pasha's familyso that she could speak to Pasha's family.
Rachel made headlines recently when a resurfaced clip from 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown saw her claim In the clip, Susie said: “We swap bras sometimes and I think you thought I had lost one of her bras.”HAPPILY EMMER AFTERLouise Redknapp says ex Jamie ruins her only day off work every weekTRAGIC ENDERKatie Price forced to deny she’s planning ‘naked wedding’ to Kris BoysonExclusiveJamie Redknapp's secret woman revealed as stunning model Lizzie BowdenSTAR'S HOUse fireRachel replied: “We don’t swap bras, Susie just comes in and she’s never got a bra to wear.