{"id":56734,"date":"2024-10-12T09:14:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=56734"},"modified":"2024-10-12T09:15:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T13:15:19","slug":"bbc-strictly-come-dancings-shayne-ward-and-his-famous-ex-fiancee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/bbc-strictly-come-dancings-shayne-ward-and-his-famous-ex-fiancee\/56734\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Strictly Come Dancing\u2019s Shayne Ward and his famous ex-fianc\u00e9e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before rising to fame as the winner of<em> The X Factor<\/em> in 2005, Shayne Ward, 39, found love with British actress Faye McKeever, 39. Their relationship spanned a decade, beginning before Shayne\u2019s success on the reality show. They became engaged after Shayne proposed during their ninth-anniversary dinner at the OXO Tower in London. However, their engagement was short-lived, as they ultimately split a year later.<\/p>\n<p>Faye McKeever, who gained recognition for her role in <em>Hollyoaks<\/em> in 2006, has since appeared in several television dramas, including <em>The Responder<\/em>, <em>Little Boy Blue<\/em>, <em>A Confession<\/em>, and <em>Trollied<\/em>. Following their breakup, Shayne expressed his fondness for Faye, stating, \u201cIt was hard to deal with. I still absolutely love her to bits.\u201d He acknowledged the difficulties of maintaining a relationship within the entertainment industry, citing the pressure that often leads couples to drift apart.<\/p>\n<h2>Shayne Ward\u2019s current relationship<\/h2>\n<p>Currently, Shayne is in a loving relationship with his fianc\u00e9e Sophie Austin, 40, with whom he shares two children: son Reign and daughter Willow. In a twist of fate, Sophie encouraged Shayne to join the cast of <em>Strictly Come Dancing,<\/em> even putting their wedding plans on hold to support his dream of competing for the coveted Glitterball trophy. The couple has been together for nine years, and Sophie has been a constant source of encouragement as Shayne takes the dance floor with professional partner Nancy Xu.<\/p>\n<p>As he continues his journey on <em>Strictly<\/em>, Shayne remains grateful for the support of both his past and present relationships, navigating the challenges of love in the spotlight with grace.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shayne Ward, the former X Factor winner and current \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019 contestant, was previously engaged to actress Faye McKeever for nearly a decade. Despite their split, the pair remain friends and share fond memories of their time together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":56739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[20563,1165,20562,20566,20564,20565],"class_list":["post-56734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-faye-mckeever","tag-hollyoaks","tag-shayne-ward","tag-sophie-austin","tag-strictly-come-dancing","tag-x-factor"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}