Strictly star Amber Davies’ boyfriend Ben Joyce was seen attending the star’s rehearsal on Monday, just days after her professional partner Nikita Kuzmin was pictured planting a tender kiss on her head.
In the wake of her intimate snaps with Nikita, sources close to Amber reacted to the images, telling the Daily Mail that any suggestion she has fallen victim to the show’s ‘curse’ is nonsense.
And now it seems her boyfriend is also unbothered by the snaps as he arrived at Amber’s North London training studios in pictures obtained by The Sun.
An onlooker told the publication: ‘Ben was seen dropping a large suitcase off at the venue and was joined by their dog Oreo at the rehearsal space.
‘He looked a bit pensive — who knows if he was checking up on her — but he was revisiting the “scene of the crime”.
‘A lot of blokes would find it hard, leaving their missus training for hours on end, dancing with a hunky bloke, especially when they have so much chemistry on the dancefloor.’
Amber Davies’ boyfriend visited the West End star at rehearsals on Monday just days after she sparked romance rumours with Nikita Kuzmin after he was pictured kissing her forehead
In the wake of her intimate snaps, sources close to Amber reacted to the images, telling the Daily Mail that any suggestion she has fallen victim to the show’s ‘curse’ is nonsense
Earlier this week Amber revealed Ben is unfazed by speculation about her close bond with Nikita.
While sources claimed that Amber and Nikita’s chemistry has set tongues wagging behind the scenes, the performer has insisted she won’t fall victim to the show’s famous curse.
Amber insisted that Ben is ‘not a****d’ about talk of the famous Strictly curse, and said she’s also close to Nikita’s girlfriend Lauren Jaine.
She said: ‘The only good thing is Ben is not a****.
‘So I feel like I can brush it off as it is not affecting us in any way which is nice. I mean he is horizontal Ben.’
Amber went on to tell The Sun: ‘I love Lauren Nikita’s girlfriend so much. I text her all the time. All day, every day. Lauren spends more time with me than her fella. She actually came into my dressing room before she went to see Nikita [the other day]. I have stolen her.’
Amber previously told the Daily Mail that she and Nikita had quickly struck up a close bond, having only hours to learn their first routine together when the actress replaced Dani Dyer at the last minute following her ankle injury.
A source close to Amber told the Daily Mail: ‘Everyone thought Amber would be panicked and worried about being in the dance-off, but that’s not the case.
An onlooker told the publication: ‘Ben was seen dropping a large suitcase off at the venue and was joined by their dog Oreo at the rehearsal space’
Amber insisted that Ben is ‘not a****d’ about talk of the famous Strictly curse, and said she’s also close to Nikita’s girlfriend Lauren Jaine
‘She was not surprised to be there at all. With Strictly it’s an entertainment show, it’s anyone’s game. She actually had a feeling on Saturday that it would be her time in the bottom two.
‘But she’s going into this week feeling positive. There’s no concern or panic from her at all, and she’s still really enjoying her Strictly experience.
‘For Amber, it has never been about winning the show, she’s working hard, she’s humbled, and she feels particularly grateful for all the support she is receiving from the theatre community.’
They added: ‘It’s ridiculous for anyone to believe there’s anything going on between Amber and Nikita.
‘The pictures didn’t affect them at all because they know the truth. Amber was unfazed by it.’
Nikita, who is in a relationship with model Lauren, was photographed kissing Amber on the head following reports the pair have ‘sizzling chemistry’.
The pictures were taken last Friday after the duo spent more than eight hours training the Cha Cha Cha at a studio in north London.
The photographs came after the pair performed a steamy Argentine Tango and almost locked lips, prompting many viewers to take to social media to question whether the infamous ‘Strictly curse’ had struck again.
