Nikita Kuzmin’s Girlfriend Urges Fans for Respect Amid Amber Davies Comments

Nikita Kuzmin’s girlfriend Lauren Jaine has asked fans to ‘be respectful’ of their relationship.

The Strictly professional, 27, is currently partnered up with former Love Island star Amber Davies, 29, for this years series of the dance competition. 

While the dancing is the main attraction of the show, viewers have often been just as interested in what happens behind closed doors. 

Over 23 series, speculation has swirled regarding potential blossoming romances between celebrity contestants and professional dancers – a phenomenon also known as the ‘Strictly curse’.

Taking to her TikTok page on Friday, Lauren, 23, posted a video asking fans to be mindful of those already in relationships on the show.

Filming herself smiling while pretending to scroll on the screen, she penned on top: ‘Me watching all the cute tiktoks of all the strictly couple.’ 

Lauren then pulled a confused face, with the text: ‘*comments saying “i hope they get the strictly curse”*’

Alongside the post, she wrote: ‘Please be respectful to the real-life partners and let them have a good experience of the show too.’

Nikita and Lauren are believed to have started dating in early 2023 and went public in October of that year.

An insider told The Sun at the time: ‘Nikita and Lauren have been dating for months and seem to have an amazing connection…

‘The pair have tried to keep their romance under the radar but they have been attending events together and are really enjoying each other’s company.

‘They have been spending a lot of time together and even went on holiday together in the summer. Things are progressing and Nikita is very happy with his new romance.’ 

And it looks like their relationship is going strong, as earlier this year the dancer opened up about wedding plans to the model. 

Nikita told OK! Magazine: ‘Yeah, we’ve definitely talked about the future. I hope one day she’ll say yes!

‘We just saw a video of a wedding in South Africa and got emotional watching it. So, why not?’

He also gave a candid insight into their relationship and told how their ideal date night is much more low-key than the glitz and glamour of the Strictly dance floor.

‘Honestly, 99 per cent of the time we’re at home watching Modern Family,’ he admitted.

‘It’s not about what we do, it’s about just being together and respecting each other’s space.’

Lauren’s TikTok comes after it was revealed that a surprisingly large amount of the celebrities on this year’s Strictly already have prior dance experience.

While the purpose of the show is for the celebrity contestants to learn how to dance from their professional partners, it appears many of them won’t need much help at all.

While she may not have long to prepare, Amber has plenty of dance experience behind her.

The star has a Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre and Dance, took dance as a GCSE subject at school, and trained at Danceworld Stage School.

She attended Urdang Academy for the performing arts as a teenager where she trained in musical theatre.

Just last year, Amber was a contestant on ITV’s Dancing On Ice where she finished in an impressive fifth place with pro skating partner Simon Proulx-Senecal.

Many Strictly fans were unimpressed with the signing due to Amber’s past dance experience.

Taking to social media, they wrote: ‘A trained dancer! This show has lost the plot in every area Needs a total reset.’

‘Wasn’t she on Dancing On Ice?’… ‘Strictly is about journeys on learning how to dance, this is skipping all that.’

‘Another dancer? She may play it down but this is her career. I don’t think that’s fair really.’

‘She is a trained dancer and was on Dancing On Ice a few years ago. She is too trained for this show.’

Meanwhile, Emmerdale star Lewis Cope is already a seasoned dancer. The actor learned how to dance when he took on a role in Billy Elliott on the West End.

It has also emerged he previously took part on Sky show Got To Dance where he was a member of a troupe called Ruff Diamond.

The show, hosted by Davina McCall, aimed to find the UK’s next dance superstar and saw contestants perform each week in the hope of winning a cash prize.

Lewis, with Ruff Diamond, reached the final of the 2013 series and finished in fourth place.

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, known as Nitro on Gladiators, also already knows his way around the dance floor.

The Team GB sprinter doesn’t have any professional dance experience but he did take part in the 2024 Strictly Christmas special with Nancy Xu, which will surely give him a leg up when it comes to learning learning the steps in rehearsals.

EastEnders star Balvinder Sopal revealed she previously ‘dabbled’ in Latin and ballroom dancing as a hobby.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, she said: ‘I dabbled a little bit, I did ballroom and Latin as a hobby and really loved it. When you’ve got a passion for something, you’re more inclined to enjoy it.’

Like Amber, RuPaul’s Drag Race star La Voix is an alumni of Urdang Academy and will likely have picked up some dance experience there.