Archive March 9, 2025

Kristina Rihanoff has been pictured looking weary as she breaks cover for the first time following the news of her split from Ben Cohen.

The former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer, 47, looked deep in thought as she sported a black furry coat, black jogging bottoms and trousers. She accessorised her look with heart shaped drop earrings and dark sunglasses, which she wore on her head. Kristina clutched onto an iPad which had a pink cover on and had a bag hanging from the same arm.

Professional dancer Kristina stared straight ahead of her as she wore fluttering eyelashes for the outing, which marks the first time she’s been photographed since the news of her break-up from Ben emerged. She appeared to have minimal makeup on as she walked alongside her daughter, Milena Rihanoff-Cohen, who she shares with her husband Ben, who was born in 2016.

Milena wore a pink floral patterned top with a pair of washed denim jeans, pink trainers and a grey coat. The little girl appeared deep in conversation with her mum as her long mousey brown locks tumbled down.

The sighting comes days after it was revealed Kristina and Ben, 46, have split after their companies racked up debts of £1million. The split news was labelled the “curse in reverse” as a source claimed to The Sun that the “past six months has been hell” for the couple which has “torn the love they had apart”.

They added: “For the sake of their family, they have chosen to go forward as separate individuals. Those close to them who know them as a couple had hoped they would be able to work things out but for now it’s over and it looks like there’s no going back”.

It has been claimed their love life suffered after their health company Soo Yoga Group ran up debts of £488, 470. Cohen resigned from their firm last year and it is a year late with posting accounts. Another of their fitness firms – Yoga Wellbeing Limited – has debts of £63, 000. The firm has failed to file accounts for three years and Cohen resigned in September 2022.

Cohen quit Soo Greens Limited three years ago and the business has racked up £54, 000 debts. While fitness company Beyond Wellbeing was dissolved in 2022 with debts of £22, 000. Cohen also quit as a company director of struggling web firm Silicon Networks in 2020 – the company is in liquidation with debts of £275, 000, including a £98, 000 tax bill owed to HMRC. His anti-bullying charity the Ben Cohen Standup Foundation was dissolved last year.

The couple first met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013 while Ben was married to Abby Cohen. They welcomed their daughter in 2016 and confirmed their engagement in 2022.

A few months before their split, the pair appeared in court where they said they were so in debt they are “fighting not to lose their relationship and their home”. They were in court after Kristina was caught driving her Audi Q3 without insurance. The court slapped her with six points on her licence but faced a ban for totting up 12 penalty points.

She had been to court to appeal the conviction for driving without insurance with her husband appearing as her witness. During the hearing, Ben said he had ignored a text from his insurance company. Ben said in court: “I get up every day and I fight not to lose everything to lose my cars and my house and my relationship. I’m so overdrawn… We’re still living together. We’re in it financially.

” We’re in business together so the problem is that we opened the business before Covid and we got the worst severities of it and in all honestly this is just another problem for me to deal with. I’ve got credit cards that are overdrawn. I’m overdrawn in both accounts. We have got a business debt because of Covid. It’s just another problem. “

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EastEnders star Lorraine Stanley has unveiled her new on-screen role since quitting Walford.

The 48-year-old is best known for playing the loud-mouthed Karen Taylor on the BBC soap. Her character was last seen leaving Albert Square after attending the funeral of her son, Keanu. Lorraine previously appeared on the soap before her stint as Karen, playing Thelma Bragg. It now seems the actress has left her soap opera days behind, after starring in a new steamy movie.

Lorraine appears in the flick Departures, alongside the likes of Coronation Street actress Kimberley Hart-Simpson and Hollyoaks hunk David Tag. The LGBTQ+ film – which features nudity and sex – follows the life of a young man named Benji, played by Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, as he struggles to move on after a tough breakup with his ex, Jake, played by Tag.

She plays Benji’s mum, Janet, while Kimberley portrays a sex worker named Nicky Wheatley. Speaking about her role in the film, Stanley told Digital Spy: “Janet is Benji’s mum and she doesn’t mince her words! She’s very, very old-school.

” She would probably have preferred her son to be straight. She’s bold and honest with her words and choice of language – that’s probably putting it mildly “she continued”. But she’s a lovely person. She wears her heart on her sleeve and ultimately she’s there for her son through his break-up. “

The actress continued to gush over the project, adding:” It’s a story of love and loss. It’s the yin and yang.

“It’s heavy at times, but there are funny moments too. That’s the kind of thing I enjoy watching, and I love being part of projects like that”.

Lorraine previously announced she had taken on a new stage role after leaving EastEnders. On her exit, she said that although she was “sad”, it was also “exciting” as she can now “go and do what I want”, telling The Sun: “You can get a bit relaxed there and a bit comfortable. So I want to be out of my comfort zone”.

The former soap star previously played Queen Rat in the 2024 Pompey Panto production of Dick Whittington. Sharing the exciting news with fans on Instagram, Stanley penned: “I can’t wait for this!!!! Panto in my home town with me old mate Jack Edwards is going to be epic!!! Ratty is coming to play Kings Theatre get your tickets early (link in bio) and I’ll see you after the show Xxx @stageyjackedwards @kingstheatre #pompey #pompeypanto #portsmouth #theatre”.

In her personal life, Lorraine also shared photos on Instagram after shedding an impressive five-stone.

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Lady Gaga is looking forward to the next chapter of her life as she has revealed her desire to become a mother, after confirming her engagement to Michael Polansky last year. The 38-year-old singer, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, says she would ‘ love ‘ to have kids after previously being worried about the prospect.

“I would love to have kids one day. I’m excited to be a mom. I used to have a lot of apprehension about it”, she admitted during a new interview with The New York Times. Continuining that she’s keen to ensure her future children will choose their own path in life, the singer explained, “If our children only understand Mommy’s job, that’s a very narrow view of life. There’s so much in the world, and I want them to be able to choose for themselves who they want to be”.

Typically private when it comes to her personal life, Lady Gaga rarely talks about her relationship and was first linked to tech investor Michael in late 2019. But at the time, her mental health had just picked up after a severe five-year dip. Recalling the tough time, she said, “Yeah, I mean, I had psychosis. I was not deeply in touch with reality for a while. It took me out of life in a big way, and after a lot of years of hard work I got myself back. It was a hard time, and it was actually really special when I met my partner because when I met Michael, I was in a much better place, but I remember him saying to me, pretty early on, ‘ I know you could be a lot happier than you are. ‘”

Lady Gaga – who appeared on Saturday Night Live this weekend – and Michael first stepped out as a couple in 2019, and they announced their engagement in July 2024. Michael is credited with inspiring his future wife to return to the recording studio and create her latest critically acclaimed album, Mayhem.

The Oscar winner’s seventh studio album, Mayhem, recorded at Shangri-La Studios near her home in Malibu, has 14 tracks including Disease, Abracadabra and Bruno Mars collaboration Die With A Smile. Mayhem is promoted as being about “embracing the fractured pieces of oneself and discovering how they come together to form something unexpected and beautiful”.

Lady Gaga says making the album was like assembling a shattered mirror to make up the different elements of her artistic life. She said: “Even if you can’t put the pieces back together perfectly, you can create something memorable and whole in its own way”. The record is produced by the New York-born singer alongside Andrew Watt – who produced the Rolling Stones ‘ 2023 return Hackney Diamonds – alongside the singer’s fiancé Michael.