Rachel Stevens has twirled her way back into the spotlight.
07.02.2022 - 01:25 / ok.co.uk
Rachel Stevens is just one of the celebrities announced to be taking part in this year’s Dancing On Ice.The 43-year-old has joined the likes of Coronation Street legend Sally Dynevor, Love Island's Liberty Poole and Happy Mondays’ Bez to compete in the next series of the ITV skating show. Rachel rose to fame as one-seventh of noughties pop band S Club 7 which led to her being voted FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World. However, despite being one of the most lusted after women in showbiz, Rachel is far from single and is happily married to her childhood sweetheart.
So as the singer hits the rink for training ahead of her debut on the ice, here is everything you need to know about the husband cheering her on from the sidelines. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. You can sign up at the top of the page.
Rachel opened up about how she met her now husband during a segment on Loose Women last year, explaining how they first dated while still at school. She said: "We were boyfriend and girlfriend when we were 12. “We were boyfriend and girlfriend on and off during our teens until I got into the band, and he went off and did his stuff.
"Then we bumped into each other randomly in our late twenties, and at that point, I'd sworn off men, but it was really lovely to see him.” Rachel was fresh from calling off her engagement to actor Jeremy Edwards following four years of dating. However, after reconnecting with Alex, who works as an actor, it wasn’t long before they were a couple again. She said: "But I was going off to LA at the time, so no, but then we reconnected.
Rachel Stevens has twirled her way back into the spotlight.
Rachel Stevens was supported by her S Club 7 bandmate Jo O'Meara on Sunday's Dancing On Ice before her ITV show exit. During the latest instalment, Rachel, 43, became the third star to leave after finding herself in the dreaded skate-off with Kye Whyte and Tippy Packard. Prior to her exit, S Club 7 star Jo, 42, was seen supporting her bandmate in the audience as Rachel performed with pro Brendyn Hadfield on the ice.
Rachel Stevens became the third star to leave Dancing On Ice on Sunday night after finding herself in the dreaded skate-off. Rachel, 43, performed with pro Brendyn Hadfield as she went against Kye Whyte and Tippy Packard, who also received the lowest votes on the show. After both stars took to the ice with their pro partners to perform in the dreaded skate-off, the four judges - Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo - delivered their verdict with Kye and Tippy winning an unanimous vote.
Rachel Stevens' recent wrist injury "knocked her confidence" on ‘Dancing on Ice’. The former S Club 7 singer was set to make her show debut on January 23rd, but she had to start the competition a week later instead after taking a nasty tumble on ice and fracturing her wrist. When asked by Lorraine Kelly on her self-titled breakfast show 'Lorraine' if the pop star's wrist injury "knocked her confidence a little bit", the 43-year-old star replied: "It really did.
In yet another jam-packed and exciting Dancing On Ice, standards were undeniably high, with Brendan Cole scoring the first nine of the series, and Kimberly Wyatt bagging a series high-score of 34. It was Movies Week, and while Bez amused audiences with his playful skating habits and crash helmet, and Sally Dynevor stunned in a brown wig, it was Ria Hebden who was the second celeb to be eliminated with skating partner Łukasz Różycki. Dancing On Ice's Associate Creative Director Dan Whiston shared his "shock" in his OK! column that Rachel Stevens found herself in the bottom two with Ria in Sunday evening's show.
In yet another jam-packed and exciting Dancing On Ice, standards were undeniably high, with Brendan Cole scoring the first nine of the series, and Kimberly Wyatt bagging a series high-score of 34. It was Movies Week, and while Bez amused audiences with his playful skating habits and crash helmet, and Sally Dynevor stunned in a brown wig, it was Ria Hebden who was the second celeb to be eliminated with skating partner Łukasz Różycki. Dancing On Ice's Associate Creative Director Dan Whiston shared his "shock" in his OK! column that Rachel Stevens found herself in the bottom two with Ria in Sunday evening's show.
Rachel Stevens revealed the "special" meaning behind her Dancing On Ice debut on Sunday night. The former S Club 7 star, 43, took to the ice for the first time after she had to pull out of last week's show due to fracturing her wrist following a fall on the ice with pro Brendyn Hadfield.
Rachel Stevens will finally get to make her skating debut on Dancing On Ice.
Rachel Stevens has said she's 'having to learn to skate' all over again in preparation for her Dancing On Ice debut on Saturday. Speaking on This Morning on Friday, the S Club star, 43, revealed she was 'nervous' watching last week's show despite being sat on the sidelines. Appearing alongside her partner Brendyn Hadfield, 36, she said: 'It's been eventful, we have been training off ice, on Monday we were back on the ice.