Shirley Ballas enjoyed a rare outing with her toyboy fiancé Danny Taylor at the star-studded Magic Circle Magician of the Year bash in London on Monday.
The 63-year-old Strictly judge cut a stylish figure in a smart purple suit with an oversized blazer and wide-leg trousers.
Shirley wore the look over a sheer white shirt and tie and slipped on a pair of towering black platform shoes.
Meanwhile, actor Danny, 50, who popped the question to the professional dancer in 2021, cut a dapper figure in a dark gray suit.
The couple appeared in love as they arrived at the event hand in hand with big smiles on their faces.
Shirley Ballas, 63, enjoyed a rare outing with her toyboy fiancé Danny Taylor, 50, at the star-studded Magic Circle Magician of the Year bash in London on Monday.
The Strictly judge cut a stylish figure in a chic purple suit with an oversized blazer and wide trousers
This came after Shirley announced ahead of her engagement that she had called off her wedding to Danny, despite previously saying she “would have married him tomorrow if he had asked me”.
But two years after proposing, she recently stated on Alan Carr's Life's A Beach podcast that she would never marry again.
Saying: “Two marriages, one engagement, two long-term relationships later and I will not marry again.” I have made the decision.
Shirley was previously married to former ballroom star Sammy Stopford from 1980 to 1984 before tying the knot with dancer Corky Ballas in 1985. The couple separated in 2007 after 22 years together
She said: “My mother says they're like buses – you get on one and get off the other.” That's good.
“I just have to get used to it again.” I was engaged at 16 and married at 19. I remarried at 23 and then had two long-term relationships.”
Shirley and Danny – who have a 13-year age difference – met during pantomime rehearsals for Jack And The Beanstalk in 2018 and have been inseparable ever since.
The Chief Justice told Web last year about the idea of marriage: “I've changed my mind.” I just feel like my mother and I have a great relationship at this particular point in my life and that we like traveling and different things want to do.
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'[The relationship is] “It's going well – I'm busy, he's busy and we talk to each other every day – several times a day, and my mom talks to him too.”
During an interview on Lorraine last month, Shirley said she still has scars from her previous marriages.
Shirley previously claimed she felt “so alone and isolated” in her relationship with Sammy, while her ex-husband Corky “fat-shamed” her while she was pregnant.
She said: “It gets better as I get older, but some of the scars from my marriage and my whole life will stay with me for a very long time.”
“Every woman should know that we are all different shapes and sizes and are all beautiful in our own way.”
Shirley added: “I now try to look at myself in the mirror whenever I walk past and get out of the shower. 'For years I couldn't do that.'
“Back when I started dancing at 16, image was so important.” “The world is changing now, but we don't need people criticizing us when we do it often enough ourselves.”
In 2020, the “Queen of Latin” opened up about her tumultuous 22-year marriage to Corky in her autobiography, “Behind The Sequins.”
This came after Shirley revealed she had called off her wedding to Danny and vowed to “never get married again.”
Saying: “Two marriages, one engagement, two long-term relationships later and I will not marry again.” I've made the decision'
The Strictly chief judge was married twice, first to Sammy Stopford from 1980 to 1984 and then to Corky Ballas (pictured) from 1985 to 2007.
Web contacted both Corky representatives for comment at the time.
Shirley was initially married to Sammy, with whom she fell in love when she became a professional dancer at the age of 17. They then worked together until 1983 and married during this time.
The star, who enjoyed a 40-year career as a Latin dancer, then met Corky and inevitably divorced Sammy.
Shirley married Corky in 1985 and they won a number of international dance titles.
Shirley and Corky originally split in 2003, after which he had a five-year relationship with former Strictly star Kristina Rihanoff after becoming her dance teacher. Kristina is now in a relationship with her former celebrity partner Ben Cohen.