Tom Dean, who was the first celebrity to be kicked off the dance floor during this series of Strictly Come Dancing, appears to have fallen victim to the Strictly curse which has affected the relationships of professional dancers and celebrity contestants throughout the show’s history.

Olympic swimmer Tom, 24, has sadly split from his girlfriend Charlotte Phillips, who he had been dating for a year. The star medalist, who was in team with professional Nadiya Bychkova to the dance show, was the first celebrity to leave Strictly this year after a night of dancing with Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones. However, a source told MailOnline that the show had nothing to do with Tom’s relationship breakdown.

“As with so many breakups, Tom and Lottie’s year-long relationship naturally ran its course and it had nothing to do with Strictly,” the source said. “It was precisely in the first two weeks that they decided to separate. They are still good friends and everything is friendly between them.”

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Tom’s professional partner Nadiya had her own breakup earlier this year with fellow Strictly dancer Kai Widdrington, and there have been reports that things between them are ‘tense’ on the whole Strictly.

In a recent chat, Nadiya revealed: “We work together, but we are not friends and that’s good. One thing I can tell you is that when you see me dancing with him, it will be amazing because I’m a professional.”

Other alleged victims of Strictly cursed They include former professional Brendan Cole, who split from his fiancée, dancer Camilla Dallerup, in 2004 during the show’s very first series. Celebrity couple Louise and Jamie Redknapp also split after appearing on the show, while professional dancers Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace were also together until Flavia ended their relationship and started dating her famous partner in the series, Matt Di Angelo. The most notorious, of course, was the kiss shared between dance partners Katya Jones and comedian Seann Walsh in 2018, this took place despite them both being in long-term relationships at the time.

However, when news of their romance broke, Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood gave his own take on the Strictly curse during an appearance on the Jonathan Ross Show. “My point was to keep them on the show, make them do the Dance of Shame, if you will. I’m just saying it’s really important that if it happens to you, you deal with it and you don’t either. , like they did, apologize, which is totally fine, but get on with the job and show people what you’re made of and show people, “Okay, that’s it.” did I do, was I employee to do this job, I’m going to continue, do the job, continue, do it well and do it professionally.'”