Helen Skelton and Dan Walker divide fans with cosy pic at football match
MORNING Live presenter Helen Skelton has seen her fans clashing over her latest cosy snap with a fellow TV star.
The 40 year old was all smiles as she cuddled up to former BBC Breakfast star Dan Walker as they watched a Manchester City match together at Etihad Stadium.
Helen and Dan could not hide the excitement on their faces to be reunited with one another at the match, however the photo left some of the pair’s fans in a muddle.
Fans were left wrongly convinced that the presenting pair were romantically linked and dating which went onto spark a war of words between their confused fans.
Dan is married to wife Sarah and has been since 2001 with the couple sharing three children together.
Unlike her husband, Sarah chooses to stay largely out of the spotlight.
The confusion surrounding Helen and Dan’s relationship status started when fans got the wrong impression of their cosy snap.
Alongside the sweet snap, Helen wrote: “Lovely to get the gang together @mrdanwalker, will square up for the in game babysitting later…..”
Commenting underneath the picture alongside a pair of love-heart eyes: “A lovely couple if ever I saw one.”
A second said of the pair: “You always look soooo happy together. Such a strong and lovely connection.”
As someone else added alongside a string of heart eyed emojis: “You two again.”
Before a fourth gushed: “A lovely pair.”
Realising that some fans had got the end of the stick, some of Helen’s followers were quick to jump in to make it crystal clear that Dan was a married man and had no romantic involvement with Helen.
They replied back: “He’s a married man with children!”
Before another comment echoed: “Except he’s a married man with children!”
Dan and his wife Sarah met in 1999, while attending the University of Sheffield, where Dan gained a Masters in broadcast journalism.
The couple have been living in Sheffield with their family for the last six years with Dan telling Mail Online in 2018: “My wife Sarah and I moved to Sheffield last year because it’s played a big part in our lives.
“We both studied here and it’s where I began broadcasting.”
Helen is currently believed to be single following her highly-publicised split from Leeds Rhinos player Richie Myler.
The pair’s divorce was finalised and made legal in December, two years after Helen first filed to end the marriage.
Helen and Dan are known to be close and recorded their Pennine Adventure series last year where viewers were left thrilled to see what antics the cheeky duo got up to.
The show aired on Channel 5 and saw them travelling together by car as they went from Helen’s home in Cumbria to Dan’s home in Sheffield.