Ben and Rihanoff to start new show
FORMER Strictly star Kristina Rihanoff says she and partner Ben Cohen are in talks to launch their own reality TV series.
The show would follow the couple, who started a family together last year, as they embark on their “challenging but amazing” time together.
Kristina, 40, says: “We were asked to do one but I was pregnant. Several production companies were in talks, but there was a lot happening.”
She adds: “In my heart and soul I am a dancer. To open the doors on our private life it has to be a very good contract.” Kristina and Ben, 39, who met while partners on Strictly in 2013, welcomed daughter Milena together last year.
She adds that she turned down appearing on The Jump alongside Ben as “one bad fall and my career would be finished” after Ola Jordan suffered devastating injuries.
Kristina insists she has “more important” things to concern herself with after new Strictly judge Shirley Ballas’s ex-husband Corky labelled her an “ice queen” following their five-year relationship.
Kristina and Corky dated after the breakdown of his marriage to Shirley but they split when Kristina moved to the UK in 2008 for Strictly.
The star says: “What people say about me is their business.”