Nad’s fella on side with Lee

LEE Ryan will meet dance partner Nadiya Bychkova’s footballer fiancé next week.

Matija Skarabot, 30, said he is excited to meet the Blue singer at the Strictly studios in Elstree. And he said the star, spotted holding hands with Nadiya, “seems a nice guy”.

Matija said: “I’m very proud of her. The key is trust and supporting each other.

“We all have our past, so do you, so do I, so does he but the difference is that ours is not public. I will meet him next week when I go to the show. I’m excited to meet him because he seems like a nice guy and we are already laughing even before we’ve met.”

Slovenian Matija – who plays for Gorica in the Slovenian Prvaliga – also reckons the Strictly curse is “nonsense”.

Lee, 35, is in an on/off relationship with Samantha Millar, mum of his son Rayn, nine.