NICK Knowles has signed up for a season of sequins and sparkles on the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Yet, off screen, his often-rocky love life is now just as glittering.
Recently, the popular DIY SOS anchor, 61, popped the question to his fiance, underwear boss Katie Dadzie, 33.
We exclusively told how Nick will get hitched to the stunning brunette, who is 27 years his junior and has previously posed for very racy snaps with the telly ace.
Yet, after being confirmed for the Strictly 2024 celebrity cast, wedding planning may have to wait.
The pair became engaged last summer, while the BBC star was filming in the US.
The couple have been together since 2021 and met when Katie’s daughters befriended Nick’s youngest lad Eddie, eight, at a play centre.
At the time, a close pal said: “They are so in love and absolutely adore each other.
“Katie is over the moon that Nick popped the question.”
Yet, at the time, the businesswoman faced flack over their difference in age.
Cruel trolls had not only called out the generational divide but also suggested Katie – despite having her own successful brand – was a “gold digger.”
In a stark response, she told The Sun on Sunday: “Nick has a Peter Pan complex, he doesn’t act the age he is at all.
“He is like a teenage boy and has so much energy. I also act a bit older, so it works out.
“We’re really happy and support each other with kids and our work lives. He’s a really lovely person.
“We have separate homes, which I think works for our relationship.”
STRICTLY CURSE?
Who's confirmed for Strictly 2024?
WITH Strictly's 20th anniversary special airing in September, The Sun takes a look at which celebs have been confirmed for the new series:
- EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick.
- Athlete Tom Dean is is a three-time Olympic champion.
- X Factor winner and former Corrie star Shayne Ward.
- Miranda star Sarah Hadland.
- Gladiators star Montell Douglas AKA Fire.
- Football pundit Paul Merson.
- DIY SOS sat Nick Knowles.
- Olympic hero Sam Quek.
- Towie legend Pete Wicks.
- Love Island star Tasha Ghouri.
- Morning Live star Dr Punam Krishan.
- 80s legend and singer Toyah Willcox.
- Opera singer Wynne Evans.
- JLS singer JB Gill.
- Comedian Chris McCausland.
Nick has already been seen training with Strictly pro Luba Mushtuk in preparation for the upcoming series.
Yet Katie has brushed off any suggestion of a Strictly curse.
She has confided in pals and we exclusively reported how she’s one hundred per cent comfortable with Nick’s latest telly gig.
They told us: “Katie isn’t worried about the curse.
“After Nick signed up for the show they joked about it, they’re very confident in their relationship.
“Obviously Katie is stunning and Nick definitely isn’t looking elsewhere – why would he? This is nothing but a job for him.”
WHOLE LOTTA HISTORY
Nick — who has four children by three different women — wed first wife Gillian in the 1990s and they had two children.
He had a lovechild from an affair with dancer Paula Beckett — but he called off the fling because he wanted to marry Gillian.
The couple divorced in 2000 and he married second wife Jessica Moor in Rome in 2012, three years after they started dating.
They had son Eddie in 2014, but split two years later.
Jessica was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016 and credited Nick for “saving my life.”
They got divorced at the end of that year.
In 2017, things appeared to turn sour between the pair, when Jessica accused Nick of refusing to pay school fees for their son Eddie.
