Ben Cohen’s ex-wife Abby predicts Strictly curse will strike again and it’ll be ‘torture’ after he left her for Kristina
BEN Cohen’s ex-wife Abby has predicted the Strictly curse will return this series saying: “I quietly wonder who will suffer this year.” The photographer and former rugby star Ben split in 2014 after 11 years of marriage – just months after he was partnered with professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff on the BBC One show. They share twin […]
BEN Cohen’s ex-wife Abby has predicted the Strictly curse will return this series saying: “I quietly wonder who will suffer this year.”
The photographer and former rugby star Ben split in 2014 after 11 years of marriage – just months after he was partnered with professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff on the BBC One show.
They share twin daughters Harriette and Isabelle, 12, while Ben welcomed a third child, Mila, with Kristina in 2016.
Ex-England winger Ben has always insisted his relationship with Kristina started after their split.
And now as the new season of the BBC ballroom favourite begins, Abby has claimed that the Strictly curse will hit this series.
Speaking in new! magazine, she said: “While I won’t be watching Strictly, I have read about who’s taking part and quietly wonder who will suffer this years, when the so-called ‘curse’ strikes.
“I will understand their agony and I want to reassure them that it may be torture – but they are stronger than they think. I was.”
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Childhood sweethearts Abby and Ben split in 2014 after 11 years of marriage – just months after he was partnered with pro dancer Kristina.
Ex-England winger Ben has always insisted his relationship with Kristina started after the split.
In an exclusive interview, former wag Abby, told The Sun: “I’m not healed, I’ll never get over it but you just have to.
“I spent four years moping around crying — it’s poisonous. I spent a fortune on psychics because I wanted an answer but you won’t find one and you’re always asking why.
“It’s the worst feeling. I look back to when it first happened to me. I can’t even mentally go there. I will never get over what happened.
“But I’ve learnt to cope with it and I’ve developed strategies that have helped me to try to mend myself.”
She also previously admitted she regrets spending so many years crying over him after their marriage fell apart.
“Once I began to accept that I couldn’t change things, I started to feel better and the sun came out,” she explained in her interview with the Daily Mail.
“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.”
Despite her past heartbreak, Abby found love again with boyfriend David Warner, who she went public with in March 2020.
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