Strictly and EastEnders star leaves wife for married | UK News

EastEnders actor Davood Ghadami has reportedly break up from his wife and launched into a romance along with his pantomime co-star, Melanie Barker.

The 42-year-old actor, recognized for taking part in Kush within the BBC cleaning soap, shared the stage with Melanie, 32, within the 2022/23 run of Aladdin on the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

The Strictly Come Dancing contestant is claimed to have “flirted” with Melanie whereas working collectively and they saved in contact after the show ended.

According to studies, Davood and Melanie have break up from their respective companions and set up home collectively in Essex, mixing their households with Davood’s two kids from his marriage and Melanie’s three.

A source informed The Sun: “They are two very attractive people and it was clear they had sizzling on-stage chemistry together. There was a lot of flirting backstage…

“But the genie is now nicely and actually out of the bottle and they’re a correct couple – dwelling collectively, coaching collectively and posting images on Instagram collectively. It’s virtually like a excellent fairytale ending – however for the earlier companions they’ve left of their wake.”

The Express has contacted Davood’s representatives for comment.

On social media, Davood and Melanie don’t shy away from flaunting their new life. Before meeting Melanie, however, Davood was publicly affectionate about his now estranged wife.

The actor tied the knot with Isobel in 2010 and the couple are parents to two daughters, Eve, 12, and Grace, nine, reports the Mirror.

Speaking about his marriage in 2018, he lavished praise on his wife during an interview with Woman magazine: “My wife and I do know one another inside out and have a real understanding about how the opposite ticks. We met 17 years in the past at college so we have got a lot of shared historical past.”

He credits her unwavering support as pivotal for his wellbeing, especially during his stint on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017: “I’m an extremely fortunate man. My life could not be the way in which it’s with out her help. She was wonderful once I was in Strictly and saved every part going.”

Paired with the professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova, Davood became the subject of rumours regarding the notorious Strictly ‘curse’, further fuelled by judge Bruno Tonioli’s comments that their samba resembled a “race to the bed room”.

Davood strongly dismissed any notion of the curse, expressing confidence in the mutual trust within his marriage: “People will say issues. As long as the reality and the people you like know the reality it should not matter. I suppose I did study that.

“My wife watches Kush on the TV pretending to be married to or sleeping with another character. So she is used to dealing with this sort of situation in my professional life. She is the rock, the steadiness in my life and she knows that. I’m incredibly lucky. She is so supportive.”