Strictly curse hits Susanna Reid as the father of her three sons looks for love online
- BBC Breakfast presenter's partner Dominic Cotton has joined match.com
- His relationship status is listed as separated and interests include theatre
- Several couples have split up after appearances on the prime time show
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Strictly Come Dancing made Susanna Reid a star, but it appears to have cost the BBC Breakfast presenter her relationship.
While Reid has spent the past few weeks on the road for Strictly’s live arena tour, her long-term partner and father of her three children, Dominic Cotton, has had enough and separated from her — signing up to a dating website to find new love.
It is just the latest example of the ‘curse of Strictly’, which has seen numerous couples split up after appearances on the BBC show.
Split: Susanna Reid and her partner Dominic Cotton have ended their relationship
Profile: Dominic Cotton's profile on the dating website match.com lists his interests as including the theatre, his occupation as executive/management and his relationship status as currently separated
In his profile on Match.com, the 46-year-old former BBC sports journalist says: ‘Underneath my blokeish exterior I am a sensitive soul. I enjoy sharing things and am someone who doesn’t shy away from commitment. Life is for living with someone special.’
Cotton, who has known Reid for 15 years, says on the website he is ‘currently separated’, looking for a woman aged 35 to 45.
After listing his interests, which include ‘spending time with my kids’, he sees himself as ‘trendy’ and of ‘attractive appearance’ — and reveals his ‘best feature’ is his ‘bum’.
Dance: Susanna Reid wowed the judges on the BBC prime time show Strictly Come Dancing
Sparkling: Reid with dancer Kevin Clifton. Many celebrity couples have split up after appearing on the show
Reid’s punishing work schedule is unlikely to have helped the situation. She makes a five-hour round trip from her home in South London to present BBC Breakfast from the Salford studios, Monday to Wednesday.
Not strictly together: Susanna Reid, pictured with dance partner Kevin Clifton, appears to be separated
Reid wakes at 3.30am to head to the studio, films the three-hour show before catching the train to London to pick up her three young sons from school. She spends the evening with them before catching another train back north for the night.
She also had to fit in training and filming for the last series of Strictly, on which she and her dance partner, Kevin Clifton, finished second behind footballer’s wife Abbey Clancy.
After the end of Strictly’s TV run in December, Dominic admitted Susanna’s schedule had been ‘tough’ and ‘really full on’. He said he was ‘looking forward to having my partner back’.
Before appearing in Strictly, Susanna said she believed Dominic was a better parent to their sons than she was.
‘He’s always hands-on, but more so recently. He’s doing the stuff we normally share — parents’ evenings, homework. He’s unrivalled as a parent. I can’t even come close.’
When I asked Reid last night if it was true they had separated, as Cotton said on the dating website, she replied: ‘I don’t think it would be appropriate for me to discuss this.’ Cotton, interim chief executive at charity UK Youth, declined to return my calls.
Earlier this month, Reid was reportedly offered £1million to switch to ITV.
Respected: Susanna Reid yesterday on the BBC's Breakfast programme, where she has forged her career. She makes a five-hour round trip from her South London home to present the show in Salford three days a week
Punishing: Between her busy work schedule Reid had to fit in training and preparation for the prime-time show
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