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Strictly Come Dancing lovebirds Tyler West and Molly Rainford have announced they're taking a giant step in their relationship.
The couple - who met on the 2022 series - are moving in together and are busy planning what they're love nest will look like. EastEnder Molly is 'excited' to be decorating their home and she confessed she has already started Pintrest boards for design inspiration. During their time on Strictly, Molly was paired with dance professional Carlos Gu and made it to the final, while Tyler was paired with dancer Dianne Buswell.
It wasn't until the live tour earlier last year that their relationship blossomed into something more. Since then, things have gone from strength to strength. Speaking to MailOnline, Molly said: "We are good and going strong and are actually moving in together - we're just going through, you know dining tables and sofas and all that kind of stuff, it's exciting." Tyler confessed: "Molly's turned into a whole interior designer so I'm just taking a complete back seat!"
The couple have been on plenty of holidays, so it's time for a big step... (INSTAGRAM /)
... they're moving in together and can't wait to build their home (INSTAGRAM /)Molly opened up about their romance last summer and said they started off as really good friends. Speaking to Fabulous magazine about the relationship, she said: "I suppose it developed towards the end of the tour because we’d spent so much time together and we were really good friends.
"The tour was so much fun. We were just doing everything together and it just progressed from there really." She went on to explain that Tyler ultimately made the first move and asked her to go out with him on a date once the tour was over. Molly and Tyler had for weeks remained silent over their romance - but as snaps emerged of them looking loved up in public emerged, it wasn’t long before their relationship as officially confirmed.
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She enjoyed major success on the glitzy show, reaching the final and finishing as a runner-up. She has also starred in CBBC’s Nova Jones as the Intergalactic superstar, and in 2023, landed the role of Anna Knight in EastEnders. Speaking to the Mirror previously, Molly said: “I’ve never dated anyone in the public eye before. I don’t know if it’s something more just yet. He’s a lovely boy. I just have to see what happens.”
Back in September, the actress was devastated as she paid a heartfelt tribute to her late cousin, who died aged 38 nearly a year after his care home shut down. She honoured Ben Azevedo with a sweet message, saying: "Rest peacefully, cousin Ben," she captioned a snap of a framed photograph of the two of them together, adding an emoji of a heart and an angel. Ben, the son of Molly's aunt Denise, had cerebral palsy and suffered from epilepsy as well as scoliosis. He was previously a resident at St. Elizabeth's, a centre in Hertfordshire serving people with complex needs for which Molly was also an ambassador.