Strictly star Helen Skelton puts her family home up for sale after splitting from her husband last year
STRICTLY Come Dancing star Helen Skelton has taken a huge step and put her family home up for sale after her divorce.
The presenter split from her ex-husband Richie Myler in 2022 after he walked out on her and their young children.
Helen, 39, announced their separation in April last year, just four months after she gave birth to their third child, Elsie.
A friend told : “Helen has moved on with her life and feels it’s time to start with a clean slate.
“She’s put the house they shared on the market and is looking for a new place she can move to with the kids in the coming months.”
The house is in Yorkshire, and when they first bought it in 2015 Helen said how it made her "heart sing".
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The couple splashed out on renovating the dream home they moved into it shortly after they got married.
“I kept sneaking back to see it. I knew there was no one living there," she told a magazine at the time.
"We looked at other houses but they didn’t have that special something. This one did.”
The house was a beautiful balance of homely and modern, with farmhouse features to mimic its countryside surroundings.
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It was filled with mismatched furniture, stone walls, neutral tones and also boasted a beautiful garden.
After their split, Helen appeared on Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House and said how she had "sold a load of stuff" as she cleared the marital home.
Helen told fans about the split between her and the Leeds Rhinos rugby league star on Instagram last year.
They had been married for eight years and share three children - Ernie, eight, Louis, five, and Elise, now one.
Richie has become a father for the fourth time with his new girlfriend Stephanie Thirkill, 32, the daughter of Leeds Rhinos president Andrew Thirkill.
Their relationship became public in May last year, just one month after his split from Helen.
Helen has recently enjoyed a trip away with her friends to celebrate her upcoming 40th birthday.
She showed off her toned physique as she posed while sitting on a surfboard in Ibiza.
She accessorised with sunnies and held a cooling drink in her hand.
In another snap, she waves at someone on a neighbouring inflatable raft.
"Stunning," one fan commented on the images.
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"You are so fit," chipped in a second.
Meanwhile a third labelled Helen "perfection".
