Ellie Leach has ‘moved to London’ amid her blossoming relationship with Bobby Brazier.
The former Coronation Street actress, 22, is now living in the capital where her EastEnders actor boyfriend Bobby, 20, lives with his dad after sparking up a romance during the Strictly Come Dancing live tour.
Ellie’s cousin Coronation Street star, Brooke Vincent shared she is planning to catch up with her in London during an appearance on This Morning on Thursday.
She said: ‘I’m actually seeing her tonight and she’s moved to London.’
Brooke added: ‘I could never do Strictly since she won, she did amazing. You get bored of saying how proud you are.’
Ellie Leach has moved to London amid her rumoured romance with Bobby Brazier following the Strictly Come Dancing live tour
The former Coronation Street actress, 22, is now living in the capital where her reported EastEnders actor boyfriend Bobby, 20, lives with his dad
But Ellie and Bobby are set to be challenged in the coming week as the Strictly winner is set to start a nationwide tour in Cluedo 2 while Bobby has resumed filming EastEnders.
A source told The Mirror: ‘Ellie has grown in confidence so much since Strictly, which really helped her get over everything with her ex. She is visibly shining. They are making the most of their time together.
‘Once she heads off on tour next week, now Bobby has resumed filming EastEnders, that will be the first test for their budding relationship, but they seem so happy everyone hopes they can make it work.’
Ellie will make her stage debut this week replacing former Corrie star Helen Flanagan, while Bobby gets back into character as Freddie Slater and films in Borehamwood.
It comes after Ellie and Bobby made their first public appearance together at the Hadestown play press night at the Lyric Theatre in London on Wednesday evening.
The pair sparked rumours of a budding love affair for months after growing close on the Strictly Come Dancing live tour.
Bobby and Ellie seemed happier than ever as they cosied up and posed for pictures together on their first joint red carpet.
The pair coordinated in all black outfits with Ellie wearing a stylish long leather coat over jeans and a top while Bobby donned a long coat as well with navy trousers.
Both Bobby and Ellie competed in the BBC ballroom dance competition last year, with Ellie winning the contest with her professional partner Vito Coppola, 31, shortly before Christmas.
Ellie’s cousin Coronation Street star, Brooke Vincent (pictured) shared she is planning to catch up with her in London following the move during an appearance on This Morning on Thursday
Ellie and Bobby are set to be challenged in the coming week as the Strictly winner is set to start a nationwide tour in Cluedo 2 while Bobby has resumed filming EastEnders (pictured in character as Freddie Slater)
It comes after Bobby and Ellie made their first public appearance together at the Hadestown play press night at the Lyric Theatre in London on Wednesday
It comes after Ellie and Bobby addressed their rumoured romance last week, after weeks of speculation that they are dating.
The two Strictly Come Dancing stars both appeared at the TV Choice Awards in London, but arrived separately.
Bobby was asked about his feelings towards the actress and praised her as ‘beautiful and amazing’, while avoiding denying the romance rumours.
Speaking to The Sun, the EastEnders star gushed: ‘Ellie is a sweetheart, look at her…she’s beautiful, she’s amazing, she’s good at what she does. She’s a good dancer. She is a lovely lovely friend of mine.’
When grilled on whether he could see them becoming more than just friends, he teased: ‘I don’t know…you’ll have to see what she says.’
Bobby also refused to confirm if he intended on starting a relationship, quickly changing the topic to his career.
He said: ‘Ummm…I’ve got some things to do. I’ve got career things to do, I’ve got personal things to do, I’ve got Godly things to do. I’m going back to EastEnders. I’ve missed them so much.’
Meanwhile, Ellie also avoided explicitly confirming or denying a relationship with Bobby, telling the publication: ‘We’re all on tour together, it’s been really nice to actually spend time with each other.
‘During the show, you’re with your partner all the time really and you don’t really get to see any of the other pros or the celebrities.
‘So on tour we have really bonded and it does feel like a big family. It’s been so much fun.’
Ellie triumphed on the BBC ballroom dance contest with her professional dancer partner Vito Coppola in December last year (Ellie and Vito pictured during the Strictly final)
Speculation about Ellie and Bobby began in early January when insiders reported they had become close performing Strictly Come Dancing Live! (pictured with Robbie Kmetoni and Kai Widdrington)
Last week, Bobby shared a sweet snap of Ellie on Instagram from behind the scenes of the Strictly show at The O2 Arena, captioning the post ‘yogi Ellie’, as she sat with her legs crossed
Speculation about Ellie and Bobby began in early January when insiders reported they had become close performing Strictly Come Dancing Live!
Bobby has also got very close to Ellie’s family, with the pair being spotted with her parents heading to their hotel in London together.
The soap star Bobby seemed to be making quite the impression as he was spotted holding hands with her mum Karen, 50.
Later that day, Bobby shared a sweet snap of Ellie on Instagram from behind the scenes of the Strictly show at The O2 Arena.
She couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as Bobby took a snap off-guard, captioning the post ‘yogi Ellie’, as she sat with her legs crossed.
While last month, Bobby was reportedly seen knocking on Ellie’s hotel room door in just his pants, while staying at the Malmaison hotel in Birmingham.
To celebrate the tour kicking off, a party was thrown in the hotel bar when the soap star was spotted in his underwear on the sixth floor.
A hotel guest told The Sun: ‘Bobby was in our corridor knocking on Ellie’s door after their late-night bash at the hotel.
‘Bobby was clearly not shy about nearly being in the buff as we were making our way down to breakfast.’
Ellie and Bobby’s comments on their relationship come after Ellie’s professional dance partner Vito Coppola declared his love for her after the Strictly tour ended.
The pro dancer, 31, won the latest series of the competition with the Coronation Street star in December and they sparked their own romance rumours during their time on the dance floor.
Filming backstage before their final performance together at the O2, Vito kissed Ellie on the cheek as they both struggled to choke back tears.
Ellie and Bobby’s comments on their relationship come after Ellie’s professional dance partner Vito Coppola declared his love for her after the Strictly tour ended this weekend
He told her: ‘Baby, are we about to perform our last show together? I love you so much.’
As an emotional Ellie replied: ‘I love you’ before going on to say how lucky she felt for her experience on the show alongside Vito.
In the caption, Vito wrote: ‘It has been just perfect right? Love you baby and always remember our promise: “always there for each other”’. No more words needed! Good night baby.’
Addressing their fans, he added: ‘Good night beautiful people. You have been with us in every single moment since the beginning of our journey’.
Ellie shared the video to her Instagram Stories, and added the caption: ‘This man is one of a kind and I love him very very much’.