Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice is reportedly planning to spend Christmas in the US with rumoured new love interest Ashley Roberts.
The duo are said to have grown close after meeting on the BBC ballroom show earlier this year, with reports they shared a kiss at the wrap party.
Pernice is now reportedly planning to “sacrifice” the festive period with his relatives to spend time with Roberts and her family in Miami, Florida.
“This is a sign of just how heavily Giovanni has fallen for Ashley during the three to four months they were working in close quarters together,” a source told The Sun.
“But because of the show’s punishing rehearsal and performance schedule they couldn’t spend as much time together as they might have liked.
“So now that the show is over, they’re virtually inseparable. That includes not wanting to be apart at Christmas, even if that means Giovanni has to make a sacrifice.”
Standard Online has contacted representatives for Pernice and Roberts for comment.
The report comes hours after Pernice teased romance rumours, telling fans “never say never”.
“She is beautiful, absolutely, but there is no chance that we're going to be in a relationship right now,” he told new! Magazine.
“Never say never but I’m not thinking about being in a relationship with anybody. I fancy everybody. I’m not in a relationship with Ashley at all at the moment.”
Roberts had previously quashed talk of romance during an appearance on This Morning with her partner Pasha Kovalev, shortly after reports claimed they were “dating”. Around the same time Pernice, who was partnered with Faye Tozer, also insisted he was “single”.
Pernice previously struck up a relationship with his Strictly partner Georgia May Foote in 2015. But the pair called it quits months later.
