Strictly star Karen Hauer’s husband breaks silence on their shock marriage split and claims show ‘wrecked relationship’
STRICTLY Come Dancing star Karen Hauer’s husband has broken his silence on their shock marriage split.
Dancer Karen, who is the longest serving pro on the BBC programme, and ex Jordan Wyn-Jones split earlier in the series after just 16 months of marriage.
Heartbroken Jordan, 34, told the Daily Mail how his desire to have children was at odds with 39-year-old Karen’s Strictly plans.
As a result, the couple became the latest to fall foul of the show’s infamous ‘curse’.
Jordan said: “It’s a bit of a love story, a sad story. I’m incredibly sad not to be in Karen’s life, and not be on this journey with her but we’re not right for each other in terms of her career. I will always admire her for her career but it took her away from me a lot. She’d be away and I’d be at home on my own.”
The couple had the perfect domestic set up to start a family having traded the hustle and bustle of Wimbledon for a country house further north.
But workaholic Karen’s hectic Strictly schedule kept her away from home for days at a time and their relationship was being played out through Face Time.
After a friend of Jordan’s alerted him to an interview Karen had given to a magazine in which she said she was unsure if she wanted children, Jordan’s heart sank.
He said: “Karen’s dedicated to her career, which she has worked really hard for. She’s amazing and I admire her for it. That’s one of the reasons I wanted to marry her – because of how powerful she is.
“But we wanted different things. There was a plan about having children but then there wasn’t a plan.
“When we first met, we discussed it. You do say things like, ‘I want to have kids’. And she’d mentioned to me that she wanted to have kids with me. But in the interview, Karen said ‘kids aren’t the future‘ – which did make me sad. I’ve always wanted to be a father.”
Karen’s marriage to Jordan was her third following relationships with dancers Matthew Hauer and Kevin Clifton.
The pair tied the knot at Chewton Glen Country House Hotel in the New Forest in June 2022.
Jordan insisted they will remain friends but said parting ways was the best for them both as he believes he would have ended up “resenting her” had they not had children.
Karen and show partner Eddie Kadi were eliminated from this year’s Strictly after losing out in a dance off to Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima.
