Strictly's Kristina Rihanoff 'lost a bit of herself' in 2024 as she hints at Ben Cohen split

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff shared an emotional message on the past year as she appeared to hint at a split from her parent Ben Cohen amid their money woes

Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff shared an emotional reflection on 2024 where she "lost very important people".

The professional dancer met Ben Cohen on the BBC dance competition back in 2013, but revealed they were "fighting not to lose their relationship and their home." Fans of the couple, who share daughter Mila, were stunned to learn that the pair are so much in debt they may "lose everything".

As 2024 came to an end, Kristina shared a post as she looked back on the year. Posting a photo with daughter Mila, the dancer said: "Happy 2025 everyone! Last year was undoubtedly a very hard one. I've lost very important people and with that I've lots a bit of myself but my Mila kept me going.

"My love for what I do and her kept me on the right path. 2025 is my year - year of a snake so I want to wish all my friends a wonderful and successful new 2025. Lets make it a great one!" In September, the Russian dancer appeared in court after she was caught driving her Audi Q3 without insurance in Horsemarket, Northampton, on April 4.

During the hearing at Northampton Crown Court, she blamed her fiancé, who appeared as a witness and said he had ignored a text message from his insurance company. Ben said: "I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything to lose my cars and my house and my relationship. I'm so overdrawn."

When questioned about strains on his relationship, the former rugby player said: "We're still living together. We're in it financially. We're in business together so the problem is that we opened the business before Covid and we got the worst severities of it and in all honestly this is just another problem for me to deal with.

"I've got credit cards that are overdrawn. I'm overdrawn in both accounts. We have got a business debt because of Covid. It's just another problem." Currently, the state of the pair's relationship is not known. The pair fell for each other after they were partnered up on the 11th series of Strictly in 2013.

Ben left his wife Abbie Bray for the Russian dancer. Kristina and Ben set up several businesses, including a Yoga studio, which had suffered as a result of Covid, the court heard. The court appearance came just weeks after reports emerged that Kristina and Ben put their £1.75 million home on the market.

The five-bedroom home in Sywell, Northamptonshire, was bought in 2016 and was put up for sale in September. Sitting on a plot of 1.73acres of land, the palatial pad was been put up for sale on RightMove for £1,750,000. Pictures online showed off the lavish home, which boasts a state of the art kitchen complete with granite worktops, recessed lighting and a large central island unit, as well as an integrated wine fridge, wine racks and breakfast bar area. There is also a huge outside space in which a number of cars can be parked.

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