Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff has defended her relationship with Ben Cohen.
The dancer has said that she feels she has been unfairly treated since it emerged that she was dating the former rugby star.
Ben and Kristina are dating having met on the show last year.
She told The Mirror: “He left his wife a year ago. Recently we started dating but we’re allowed to see each other as two single people.
“I don’t know why I am always attacked. I am a hardworking, self-made person. I support five people in my family in Russia.”
Kristina said that there are “double standards” before referencing a number of her fellow professionals.
The dancer with fellow professional Robin Windsor.
She talked about how Flavia Cacace and Janette Manrara have both had a number of relationships as a result of the show.
She added: “Pasha (Kovalev) and Rachel (Riley) got together after the show but everyone believed them when they said they were just friends.”
Ben and Abby are now getting a divorce.
It comes only a matter of weeks after Ben’s wife Abby filed for divorce and hit out at Kristina on Twitter.
She wrote: “Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts, then they make us want to leave footprints on their face.”
