Strictly’s Vito Coppola declares his ‘love’ for Ellie Leach and leaves her close to tears amid Bobby Brazier ‘romance’

STRICTLY professional Vito Coppola showered Ellie Leach with "love" and left her close to tears after Bobby Brazier broke his silence on their reported romance.

The winners are currently taking part in the Strictly Live tour and appeared together in a video on Instagram backstage.

Vito snuggled into Coronation Street's Ellie in the sweet clip, and said: "Baby, are we about to perform our last show together?"

Rumours have swirled throughout the tour that Bobby and Ellie have been involved in a secret romance after they enjoyed a string of 'secret dates'.

Grilled about what's really going on between him and the show winner, Bobby branded Ellie "beautiful" and "amazing" as he did nothing to dampen the speculation surrounding them.

The  hunk said of their relationship: "Ellie is a sweetheart, look at her…she’s beautiful, she’s amazing, she’s good at what she does.

"She’s a good dancer. She is a lovely lovely friend of mine.”

Pressed on whether things have turned romantic between them, he cryptically repeated: “She’s a lovely, lovely, lovely friend of mine.”

Asked whether there was the potential for things to be more than just friends, he added: “I don’t know…you’ll have to see what she says.”

Ellie also admitted their close bond, which The Sun revealed last month, but stopped short of addressing her love life.

She said: “We’re all on tour together, it’s been really nice to actually spend time with each other.

"During the show, you’re with your partner all the time really and you don’t really get to see any of the other pros or the celebrities.

"So on tour we have really bonded and it does feel like a big family. It’s been so much fun.”