Rachel Stevens has split from her Dancing On Ice boyfriend Brendyn Hatfield after three years of dating.
The S Club 7 star, 47, and pro skater, 40, who were partnered together on Dancing On Ice in 2022, have parted ways, it has been confirmed.
The couple went official with their romance in November 2023 after they were first paired together on the ITV show.
News of their split comes just three months after Rachel told her fans in an Instagram Q&A that their relationship was ‘really good’.
During the session where her followers were able to ask her personal questions, one fan asked the star: ‘How are you and Brendyn (love heart emoji).’
Sharing a sweet photo of herself and Brendyn and confirming they were still together, she responded: ‘Really good thank you’ alongside a smiley love heart emoji.
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Rachel Stevens, 47, has split from her Dancing On Ice boyfriend Brendyn Hatfield, 40, after three years of dating
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The S Club 7 star, and pro skater, who were partnered together on Dancing On Ice in 2022, have parted ways, it has been confirmed
Sources claim the pair ‘drifted apart and struggled to reconcile their blended family’, with a friend telling The Sun: ‘It is incredibly sad and a relatively recent thing. Both Rachel and Brendyn felt there was no way forward for them.
‘Rachel recently took herself to Marbella with her two daughters to get some much-needed headspace, and Brendyn and his young son have now moved out of the family home into a flat.
‘There is still a lot of affection there, and no regrets. But it isn’t easy trying to make a blended family run seamlessly and in the end, tensions between Rachel and Brendyn got too much and they don’t ever want to row in front of their kids who remain their priority.’
The Daily Mail has contacted Rachel and Brendyn’s representatives for comment.
In January, Rachel called Brendyn her ‘soulmate and love’ in a rare Instagram post featuring pictures of the pair.
Rachel added a caption reading: ‘Celebrating my @brendynhatfield today. My love, my soul mate. Happiest of birthdays my darling and welcome to the 40s club.
‘Hope this is your best decade yet full of everything you wish for. I love you with all my heart .’
Rachel was previously married to real estate agent and actor Alex Bourne, 48, from 2009 to 2022.
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The couple went official with their romance in November 2023 after they were first paired together on the ITV show
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News of their split comes just three months after Rachel told her fans in an Instagram Q&A that their relationship was ‘really good’
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Sources claim the pair ‘drifted apart and struggled to reconcile their blended family’
In January, Rachel called Brendyn her ‘soulmate and love’ in a rare Instagram post featuring pictures of the pair
The former couple also have two daughters, Amelie, 14, and Minnie, 11.
She announced her separation from her childhood sweetheart in July 2022, just one month shy of their 13th anniversary.
The S Club 7 icon then announced she had found love with Dancing On Ice partner Brendyn. The pro skater also has a son with a different woman.
Alex is expecting his first child with his art dealer wife Lily, 31, just months after they tied the knot in February surrounded by their family and friends.
Rachel previously lifted the lid on her separation from Alex during an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, comparing it to ‘jumping off a cliff’.
She admitted: ‘It’s a lot of navigating, especially with the girls because they’ve always been at the forefront.’
‘I’m very lucky, their dad is a great dad, and we’ve always been so aligned with keeping them really safe in it and being really honest.’
‘We’ve had great advice on how to age-appropriately speak to them and help them feel safe in it all because that was my biggest fear – how they are going to be in all of this.’
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Rachel was previously married to real estate agent and actor Alex Bourne, 48, from 2009 to 2022 (both pictured 2018)
She continued: ‘You’re changing your life. It’s not only a marriage, it’s a family around it, it’s your friendship groups, your home, your children.’
‘Changing your whole life, for me it felt like jumping off a cliff, like wow, it’s the unknown.’
‘But I’ve always believed that we have to be happy, we have to be true to ourselves, and it’s not something you decide overnight, it’s something that takes so much thought and questioning.’
‘I haven’t talked about it a lot publicly because I’m so mindful of everyone involved.’
The former couple were childhood sweethearts and reconnected in the mid-2000s when Rachel was launching her solo career and Alex was still trying to make it as an actor in Los Angeles.
They got engaged in June 2008 after 18 months of dating and tied the knot at Claridge’s in London the following year.
The pair walked down the aisle to S Club 7’s hit Never Had A Dream Come True, and her bandmates – Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O’Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole and Tina Barrett – were there to watch them say ‘I do’.
She also discussed her new relationship with Brendyn at the time, adding: ‘We’ve just been really mindful and thoughtful of everyone involved, and it was a very slow process, but when you go through growth in your life, you change and your outlook on life changes.’
‘You realise this is what I need, this is what I want, this is what I deserve. And everything is new, and it all just kind of happens.’
She added: ‘It all just evolves and it’s not black and white, it’s just an amazing growth experience.’
