Oti & Kelvin’s late-night liaisons
Strictly friends? Oti and Kelvin certainly set tongues wagging with their recent 3am reunion…
They captivated the nation with their racy routines on StrictlyComeDancing – and it’s clear dance partners Oti Mabuse, 29, and Kelvin Fletcher, 36, had plenty to catch up on during a recent latenight liaison.
Under the cloak of darkness, the pair were spotted arriving at London’s Soho Sanctum Hotel together at 3am on Saturday 8 February, for a nightcap.
Oti, who has been married to German dancer Marius Lepure since 2016, met up with the married dadof-two again the following evening at another hotel for a late night drink.
Their reunion came as the former Emmerdale star finished the final leg of the Strictly Come Dancing tour on 9 February at London’s O2.
Kelvin, who lifted the coveted glitterball last year with Oti, danced with Strictly pro Janette Manrara, 36, on the tour, while Oti was busy filming BBC One’s The Greatest Dancer.
A source close to the pair said they had drinks in the bar, then went straight home in the early hours of Saturday morning after partying with other Strictly stars earlier.
‘It was perfectly innocent… they wanted to have a few more drinks and the bar was still serving. There were other people, such as Bradley Wiggins, in the bar. They are just friends.’
On Saturday night they met at the Lincoln Plaza Hotel, in Canary Wharf, at 11pm.
On the second reunion, the source added: ‘Oti wanted to talk to a friend as she lost her act on The Greatest Dancer.
They didn’t want to go for drinks at Kelvin’s hotel as there are lots of fans. They were only there until midnight having drinks and both went home.’
Kelvin’s wife, Liz, was spotted without her wedding ring following the revelations, but insisted it was ‘fake tan day’ and she only wears it on ‘special occasions’.
Kelvin and Oti are set to jet off together to New York in June to teach a dance masterclass as part of a luxury Queen Mary 2 cruise.
There will always be talk of the ‘ Strictly curse’, when it comes to close friendships forged between dancing partners on the hit BBC show.
But, in this case, Kelvin and Oti really do just seem like good friends...