Strictly stars Bobby Brazier and Ellie Leach stepped out on the pink carpet collectively for the primary time on Wednesday night time.
The EastEnders actor, 20, and the previous Coronation Avenue star, 22, have been pictured posing alongside one another on the Lyric Theatre in London for the Hadestown play press night time.
The pair, who first met whereas each competing on the newest collection of Strictly, have sparked romance rumours in current weeks after participating within the Strictly Come Dancing Stay Tour.
Bobby and Ellie have been matching in black outfits for the outing, with the actress choosing a modern leather-based jacket, paired with black trousers and heels. In the meantime, Bobby teamed his darkish shirt and navy trousers with a protracted black coat.
It comes shortly after they each responded to the rumours while attending the TV Selection Awards.
Talking to The Solar on the pink carpet, Bobby addressed the hypothesis. “Ellie is a sweetheart, have a look at her…she’s stunning, she’s superb, she’s good at what she does,” he defined. “She’s dancer. She is a stunning beautiful buddy of mine.”
When requested if issues might grow to be romantic, he replied: “She’s a stunning, beautiful, beautiful buddy of mine.”
He did not deny a future romance, nonetheless, and joked: “I do not know…you will must see what she says!“
Equally, Ellie selected to maintain her lips sealed. “We’re all on tour collectively, it has been very nice to truly spend time with one another,” she stated. “Throughout the present, you are together with your associate on a regular basis actually and also you don’t actually get to see any of the opposite professionals or celebrities. So on tour we’ve got actually bonded and it does really feel like a giant household. It has been a lot enjoyable.”
Ellie and Bobby’s rumoured romance comes after hypothesis over the connection between the Corrie star and her dance associate Vito Coppola. The pair, who lifted the glitterball trophy in December, turned shut mates while dancing on the BBC present, sparking rumours that they have been courting.
Each Ellie and Vito repeatedly performed down studies of a romance between them, with Ellie denying that they have been courting throughout an look on This Morning. Watch the second within the video beneath.
“Actually we have been having essentially the most superb time dancing, we have been a very robust bond and a friendship that can final eternally… We’re actually fortunate to have that bond and we’ll be mates for all times,” she stated.
Vito added: “I really like that phrase! We had a ravishing bond, bond. If you join with an individual right away, I am a really first impressions individual… you select the folks and I am so so fortunate to have you ever in my life.”
When host Craig Doyle remarked on the pair’s chemistry, they each laughed, with Ellie rejecting the notion, saying: “No, no!”