OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ pro dancer Vito Coppola bonded with his partner Ellie Leach’s family over his love of her mum’s gravy.
The 31-year-old star chowed down a whole pot of the former ‘Coronation Street’ actress’ mother’s homemade gravy, and he now feels Ellie’s relations are “another family” to him.
Speaking in a joint interview with Ellie on ‘Lorraine’, he said: “Ellie’s family have become like another family for me. Honestly, I’ve been so, so lucky.
“And your mum does the best gravy ever. I ate the entire pot.
“Of course, we’ll stay friends and people who stay in your life forever.”
Ellie has topped the ‘Strictly’ leaderboard on several occasions, including a 39-points-out-of-40 score last weekend when the show aired from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
But the 22-year-old soap star didn’t ever think she would reach Blackpool, and she can feel herself “growing each day” during rehearsals.
She said: “We work so hard, and when I first started ‘Strictly’ I would never, ever expect to get this far, and be able to do the dances and do all the lifts and tricks.
“I can feel myself growing each day and each week. I’m really proud of what we’ve achieved so far.”
Ellie and Vito – who are the short-priced bookmakers’ favourites to win the Glitterball Trophy this year – remained tight-lipped about their dance for Saturday’s (25.11.23) show, but he teased fans they will see a “another side” of the ex-‘Corrie’ star that hasn’t been seen on the competition so far.
He added: “It’s about passion and is quite close. You will see another side of Ellie that she hasn’t showed yet so far, which is very, very interesting.”
Ellie added: “It’s something a little bit different.”
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