Karen Clifton keeps her wedding ring ON despite divorce rumours after affair behind Kevin’s back
KAREN Clifton has been spotted wearing her wedding ring just days after it was reported she and husband Kevin are divorcing.
The Strictly star, 35, is understood to have been trying to salvage her three-year marriage with her fellow professional dancer husband after having an affair with an accountant.
Despite her marital woes, Karen smiled as she ran errands in London's West End earlier today.
The pro dancer looked stylish as in a smart black top and jacket, a white zip-fronted miniskirt and over-the-knee black boots.
She clutched a fluffy blue and black scarf, and shielded her eyes from the winter sun in a pair of black sunglasses.
The Strictly favourite appeared to have been shopping as she balanced a Jo Malone carrier bag on her arm.
Her happy appearance comes as Kevin reportedly instigated their split after her affair with accountant Stuart Wood, 27, rocked their marriage.
A source told the Sun online: "Karen is extremely upset about the whole situation and is really struggling to accept that everything is over.
"She has been pleading with Kevin to give things another go but he’s made it clear that he’s not interested and doesn’t want them to patch things up.
"He has definitely been the driving force behind them getting a divorce and surprisingly doesn’t seem as fussed as you might expect.
"But maybe it’s because he’s already been through a divorce before as Karen was his second marriage.
“She knows that she made a huge mistake by having a brief affair but there were problems in their marriage way before then.”
News of her affair broke in December, and the Sun On Sunday previously revealed the Latin dance champion immediately ended it with Stuart.
Her husband has been spotted spending time with his former celebrity dance partner Louise Redknapp, 43, in recent months after the singer hired him as her choreographer.
In December it was revealed that Karen told Louise's husband Jamie Redknapp: "Keep your wife away from my husband. She’s ruining our marriage.”
The couple's divorce is likely to be blamed on the infamous Strictly "curse" which has seen ten previous couples split after one or both partners was involved in the BBC show.
Kevin has himself been connected to two other Strictly splits in recent years.
Louise Redknapp recently split from husband Jamie after dancing with Kevin on the show, while another former celebrity dance partner, Susanna Reid also broke up with partner Dominic Cotton in 2014.
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