Jennifer Metcalfe 'devastated' after love split

Jennifer Metcalfe 'devastated' after love split
Jennifer Metcalfe 'devastated' after love split (Image credit: PA)

Jennifer Metcalfe is reportedly 'devastated' after breaking up with Dancing on Ice professional skater Sylvain Longchambon. Hollyoaks star Jennifer and 32-year-old Sylvain began dating after they were partnered together on the ITV1 show two years ago, but have now split, according to The Sun. A source told the paper: "Jennifer is absolutely gutted. She just did not see this coming. She is in bits." The 29-year-old actress has made no reference to the alleged split on Twitter, focusing on her role as Cinderella in a Whitley Bay pantomime production. The newspaper claims the French skater made the decision after 'developing feelings' for Samia Ghadie, his new celebrity ice dance partner in the coming series. Samia, best known for playing hairdresser Maria Connor in ITV soap Coronation Street, is said to be single after splitting with former co-star Will Thorp in early December. A friend denied that she and Sylvain are an item, but told The Sun: "Samia is adamant she has done nothing wrong, but she admits that she's close to Sylvain and that he has been a rock to her since her relationship broke down with Will. They clearly have chemistry and they are both single. "No one can say what will happen in the future, but they aren't an item yet."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.