Strictly's Ben Cohen's ex wife cried for five years after Kristina Rihanoff rant
Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff has reportedly split from her rugby star partner Ben Cohen after meeting on the BBC show in 2013 while he was still married
Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Kristina Rihanoff has reportedly split from her rugby star partner Ben Cohen after meeting on the BBC show in 2013 while he was still marriedBen and Kristina have reportedly called it quits (
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Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff have reportedly called it quits after 12 years together amid a string of financial and personal difficulties. The couple got together after they were partnered up on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013, with Ben deciding to leave his wife Abby Blayney for the Russian dancer.
Ben, 46, and Abby had been married for 10 years and shared twin daughters, Harriette and Isabelle. Rugby World Cup winner Ben and Kristina pursued their romance, and even welcomed their daughter Mila in 2016.
But Abby was left heartbroken over the split, blaming the "Strictly Curse" at the time.
Ben and Abby were together for 23 years before their shock split (Image:
Getty)She told The Sun in 2015: "My husband, who I was with for 23 years, unconditionally loved and was completely loyal to in every respect, has left me for a f**king Russian dancer. The last two years have been the most traumatic thing to ever happen to me. He's done the dirty on me. I want people to know."
Abby then made a U-turn saying Strictly could have done her a "favour in the long run". She told New magazine she regretted her rant about the pair, admitting: "At the time of the break-up, when hugely stressed, I once angrily referred to Ben's partner as a 'f***ing Russian dancer' to a journalist hassling me. I regret that now. I'm happier in my own skin and I'm not that broken girl who used to be married to a famous rugby player."
Abby previously revealed it had taken her five, painful years to get over the break-up of her marriage. She explained: "Once I began to accept that I couldn't change things, I started to feel better and the sun came out. I think my biggest regret is spending all those years crying — I don't know how my body produced as many tears as it did."
Speaking about Ben and Kristina's split, friends told The Sun : "It’s like the curse in reverse. This will be like karma for Abby, she was so upset when Ben left her. It’s like he has got his comeuppance."
The couple have opened up about their financial struggles over the past year and have placed their £1.75million home in Northampton up for sale, while Ben has been removed as a director of their joint yoga business.
The friend added: "The past six months have been hell for them and it has torn the love they had apart. For the sake of their family, they have chosen to go forward as separate individuals."
“Those close to them who know them as a couple had hoped they would be able to work things out but for now it’s over and it looks like there’s no going back.” The Mirror has approached Kristina and Ben's representatives for comment.
In September, a court heard how the couple were so in debt that they were "fighting not to lose their relationship and their home" as the former Strictly professional appealed a conviction for driving without insurance.
At the time, the court heard how Ben and Kristina's businesses, which include a yoga studio, suffered as a result of Covid, with Ben saying: "I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything to lose my cars and my house and my relationship. I'm so overdrawn."
When asked about the impact of his financial struggles on his relationship with Kristina, he added: "We're still living together. We're in it financially.
"We're in business together so the problem is that we opened the business before Covid and we got the worst severities of it and in all honestly this is just another problem for me to deal with.
"I've got credit cards that are overdrawn. I'm overdrawn in both accounts. We have got a business debt because of Covid. It's just another problem."
Meanwhile, Abby has moved on from her heartbreak and has found love again with Dave Warner. When she went Instagram official with her new man, she described him as "perfect man" in the captions.
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