The colour of love! Samia Ghadie goes red with Sylvain Longchambon ahead of Dancing On Ice grand final

The colour of love! Samia Ghadie goes red with Sylvain Longchambon ahead of Dancing On Ice grand final

Out with the blonde and in with the new â€" Samia Ghadie was modelling a fancy new hair-do. We’ll accept any applause for the rhyme at the end of this story, by the way.

The Coronation Street actress was showing off her dark red look with her new man (officially) today.

After spending eight long and icy weeks looking a bit sheepish and shifting awkward from one blade to another, Samia and skating partner Sylvain Longchambon confirmed they were a couple.

It’s a shame they aren’t in the competition anymore or we would be hoping for a Grease â€" One That I Want style rom-dance in the final.

In the mean time, you can see some of the rehearsals that look a bit like sex positions over here.

The skating partners - who left Dancing On Ice a week ago< /a> after Samia got a groin strain (we wonder how?) - attracted criticism early on during their time on the show, after they both reportedly dumped their other halves in order to get together.

Samia ditched her former Corrie co-star, Will Thorp, last December , and Sylvain followed suit by chucking his girlfriend Jennifer Metcalfe - who he also met on DOI - over Christmas.

Speaking to OK! magazine, Corrie actress Samia confirmed: "Yes, we are together."

They're STILL not holding hands yet

Being French, sexy Sylvain went one step further and got all romantic, confessing: "It is love."

Ah, you guys!

But the couple were keen to make it clear that there was no cheating involved, with Samia insisting: "Nothing happened until he split up with Jen."

Samia is all smiles, though

"I had split from my then-boyfriend Will and wasn't looking for anything," she explained, adding: "I was focusing on being with my daughter Freya and skating.

"I didn't think for a second that anything would happen and I certainly would never have pushed for anything to happen."

She went on to say: "I would never ever set out to steal anybody's man.”

This is, erm, experimental

Speaking of the abuse she received on Twitter over the relationship , Samia added: "I just wanted to scream out that we've not done anything wrong.

“We have not cheated. We have not stolen anybody from anyone else."

Sylvain backed his lady love up, explaining how his relationship with Hollyoaks star Jen ended before he got together with Samia.

"She called me on Christmas morning saying she needed to know what was happening with us. I then told her that I had feelings for Samia.

"Jen called me two days later saying she wanted to try and make our relationship work, but I said I just didn't know what to do.

This is nothing short of impressive

"She got really upset on the phone and said she wanted an answer, yes or no. Because of my feelings I didn't know what to say, so I just said no."

Now that their relationship is FINALLY out in the open and their time on DOI is over , the loved-up couple are looking to enjoying a normal future together, with Sylvain quipping: "We might even be able to hold hands in public".

They also revealed that Sylvain has met Samia's 4-year-old daughter and that they are considering moving in together, with the French hunk saying that is "part of being a couple who are together."

And they're not ruling out marriage either, with Samia confessing: "I would never say never to getting married."

We're sure Jennifer Metcalfe is just thrilled by all of this.

Everyone other than Jen (we really don't advise it, love) can read the full interview with Samia and Sylvain in t his week's OK! , out now.

It's the Dancing On Ice final this weekend! You'll find all the latest news and gossip here.

PS. You can clap now.

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