Strictly Come Dancing star Ellie Leach got emotional as she paid tribute to her dance partner Vito Coppola.
The two, who are taking part in the Live tour, delighted viewers when they were announced winners of this year's competition, beating Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin and Dianne Buswell and Bobby Brazier. And now, Coronation Street star Ellie appeared on the iPlayer Instagram account to talk about how Vito 'changed her life'.
She said: "He has changed my life," while tearing up. "I don't think that words can really describe how much he means to me." Ellie reposted the short clip to her Instagram Stories and jokingly tagged Vito to say: "Don't say I don't compliment you," while adding an eye roll emoji.
He also reposted her Story and captioned it: "My heart is melting." The sweet clip came before Ellie revealed she and Vito are planning to do an Instagram Live at 7 pm on Friday to chat with fans about all things Strictly and Christmas.
"I just wanted to quickly pop on and say tomorrow me and mister Vito Coppola are going to do a little Instagram Live. I'm not sure time yet," Ellie said last night. "I think it will probably be in the evening but if anyone wants to chat us, ask any questions, wants to know about anything about us, our Strictly journey, our plans over Christmas.
"I'll have a little hop on. I'll jump on again and what time tomorrow. But if your Friday night is free then please join us."
In the wake of their victory, Ellie took to social media to declare her love for her dance partner - fuelling rumours of a romance between them even further. Sharing a snap of them lifting the trophy, Ellie wrote: "To the most wonderful partner i could have ever asked for. Words cannot describe how much love and admiration I have for you.
"When we first met I had an immediate calming feeling with you, considering how high energy you are I don’t know how this was possible but it was. I immediately felt safe with you and I was so excited to see how our journey would end up.
"Never in a million years did I think we would make it to this point. I trusted you completely but I didn’t trust myself and I feared that I would let you down but you didn’t allow me to. You believed in me when I couldn’t believe in myself and you reminded me of the reason I said yes to Strictly, to push myself out of my comfort zone and most importantly to have FUN!
"We’ve laughed uncontrollably, we’ve cried A LOT (mostly me) but most importantly, we’ve been there for each other when we’ve needed it the most and we’ve given our everything every single week. This experience is unlike anything I will ever experience again. We were thrown together as strangers and we will leave with a bond and a friendship that will never be matched."
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