14 March 2024 , 11:16
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Strictly Come Dancing star Layton Williams, 29, has had his say on Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu's flirty ways with his BBC co-star Nikita Kuzmin.
Layton and Nikita became firm friends after dancing together on last year's series of Strictly and Layton has been cheering for Nikita while he's in the Celebrity Big Brother house, often appearing on the ITV programme's spin-off show Late and Live to chat about his former dance partner.
Nikita, who has a girlfriend, is a popular housemate and well-liked by his fellow celebrities, with former Love Island star Ekin-Su one of the professional dancer's biggest fans inside the house - to the point where romance rumours have began regarding the two Celebrity Big Brother stars.
Former X Factor judge Louis Walsh, 71, has twice talked to Turkish actress Ekin-Su about her and Nikita possibly getting together romantically, but Ekin-Su always shuts down the music mogul and reminds him Nikita is in a relationship. However, last night's episode of Celebrity Big Brother, Ekin-Su was quite flirty with the dancer and raised a few eyebrows from viewers.
The Strictly star is not impressed with Ekin-Su (ITV)Discussing Ekin-Su's behaviour on Late and Live, Strictly star Layton seemed a bit miffed with the former Love Island star getting cosy with his coupled-up pal. The host, Will Best, said: "Tonight we saw Louis suggest a potential romance between Ekin-Su and Nikita, which she then totally batted away by immediately going and flirting with Nikita in the bedroom."
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Sharing this thoughts on the awkward matter, Waterloo Road star Layton said: "That was really awkward to see. By the way just because someone's got a partner, it doesn't mean that they're necessarily interested in you anyway. I don't really like that kind of angle. No shade... full shade.
Nikita is in a relationship with Lauren Jaine (Instagram)
Ekin-Su split from her Love Island co-star Davide shortly before entering the house (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Win)"But then to go into the bedroom while he's changing, I'm just like, 'Girl, give the boy some privacy'... and to be giving him compliments, I'm like 'read the room'. And Nikita was just like, 'Thank you so much, peace'," he added about the situation. He also praised Nikita for handling things well with Ekin, saying: "That's my Nikita." He went on to suggest Ekin-Su - who split from Davide Sanclimenti earlier this year - should learn to "read the room".
Nikita has been dating model Lauren Jaine since last year, with the pair going public with their romance in October. Lauren's been helping Nikita while he's on Celebrity Big Brother by looking after his social media accounts and appearing on Late and Live to discuss how her boyfriend is doing.
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Before entering the famous house, Nikita expressed his excitement about being reunited with his girlfriend at the end of the runway, saying: "My girlfriend, my family and my two cats! And of course, I hope my Strictly family will be watching! I will be happy if they can take their time to come and see me. They're all busy but if they can come, I would love that."