STRICTLY NO DANCING
Rachel Riley’s boyfriend Pasha Kovalev STILL won’t teach her to dance after meeting on Strictly five years ago
RACHEL Riley has revealed boyfriend Pasha Kovalev refuses to teach her anymore dancing - despite meeting on Strictly five years ago.
The Countdown star, 32, admitted that the only dancing she's done since her appearance on the show was with Pasha, 38, on holidays in Mexico last year.
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Appearing on today's Lorraine, Rachel said although she might not have won the Glitterball Trophy in 2013, she did win something more important that year - love.
She shared: "I keep telling him to teach me! My last birthday we were in Mexico we went to a salsa club, but he did most of the dancing.
"I was never going to get the Glitterball, but I got a Russian."
The TV star gushed about her other half, who she was partnered with in series 11 of the hit show where she was the fifth star eliminated.
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The maths guru said: "He's gorgeous, he's amazing when you need a bit of support that's when you know you're with the nice person. He's a good egg."
Rachel had previously discussed her intentions to learn Russian but admitted her hopes to speak fluently have been put on "the back burner".
She said: "I'm conversational so I can talk to his family, but we were on holiday in Greece this year and said ''what's the Russian for chicken poo?'
"He said, 'I'm not shouting that across a beach!"
The couple may have dated for five years, but Rachel has said she is in no rush to tie the knot.
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She previously told the : "I am in love now. I don’t feel I have to get married.
"I don't worry about getting married or whether he is taking a long time in the morning or whether he has done the dishes.
"That does not really bother me in the long term. I feel settled."
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