Long before wedding bells rang beneath the vaulted ceilings of Bath Abbey, there were whispers — faint at first, then steadily growing — carried through the backstage corridors of Strictly Come Dancing. For years, they lay half-forgotten, dismissed as gossip born of glitter and late-night rehearsals. Now, at last, those murmurs have risen to the surface, revealing a tale far more intricate than anyone dared to tell at the time.
When Olympic champion Adam Peaty stepped onto the Strictly ballroom floor in 2021, he did so as a man already bound by love. At his side, beyond the cameras, was Eirianedd Munro, the mother of his young son, George. Yet fate, as it so often does in places charged with ambition and emotion, had other designs.
Much was made of Adam’s partnership with the formidable Katya Jones, whose past ballroom entanglements had already earned her a reputation whispered about in hushed tones. Their near-kiss at the end of a daring Argentine tango sent shockwaves through viewers and struck deeply at home. Eirianedd, wounded and overwhelmed, retreated briefly from public life, admitting later that the moment had left her shaken.
Yet the truth, as sources now reveal, was that Katya was never the turning of Adam’s heart. She was, unknowingly, a shadow cast to distract from another presence — one not on the dance floor, but waiting just beyond it.
Enter Holly Ramsay, daughter of Gordon and Tana Ramsay, who arrived not as a contender but as a supporter, cheering from the wings for her sister Tilly, herself a Strictly contestant. It was in the mingling after Saturday night broadcasts — amid laughter, families, and loosened ties — that Adam and Holly are said to have first locked eyes.
Those close to the pair speak cautiously, yet clearly. There has never been an accusation of betrayal, no charge of broken vows. But within months of that meeting, Adam’s relationship with Eirianedd came to an end. Soon after, Holly and Adam were seen together — quietly at first, then openly — and the course of his life shifted irreversibly.
When Adam announced the split in August 2022, his words were heavy with regret and restraint. He spoke only of family, of sorrow, and of silence — making no mention of the woman who would one day become his wife. It was a beginning cloaked in discretion, perhaps necessity.
Yet if their romance began softly, its consequences rang loudly. Ties strained. Lines were drawn. Adam’s wedding would go ahead without his parents or brothers present, amid disputes said to revolve around pride, presentation, and unresolved hurt. Only his sister Beth stood beside him, as Holly’s sisters did for her.
Meanwhile, Eirianedd’s anger simmered — not only at the past, but at a present she found bitterly ironic. Adam, who once refused to give their son a double-barrelled surname, now bore Holly’s name himself. To her, it felt like betrayal revisited. To others, it was simply another symbol of how far he had travelled from his former life.
And so the tale closes — not with certainty, but with consequence. Adam Peaty has found love, powerfully and publicly, yet not without cost. The ballroom that once crowned him now stands accused of having altered his destiny entirely. Some joke that the so-called Strictly curse has already taken hold. Others see only two people who met at the wrong time — or perhaps the only time that truly mattered.
Thus ends this chapter of glitter and ghosts, of dances that echoed long after the music stopped. What was once hidden is now known. And the ballroom, once again, has changed lives far beyond its floor.
