Karim Zeroul, STRICTLY finalist, has broken up with his childhood sweetheart again and is trying to heal his heart by appearing on Celebs Go Dating.
Former CBBC host Poppy Birtwistle ended their romance with Karim Zeroual and signed up for the E4 dating program.
Poppy and Karim split before he joined Strictly last year, but reunited when he was back on the show.
The couple have been together for many years and now they are divorcing. Friends tell The Sun that he joined Celebs Go Dating to try and find a new partner.
According to an insider, “Karim & Poppy’s divorce was quite amicable, but she’s shocked that he signed up for the show after watching Strictly.“
“Karim said that he is taking part in the show because he has fun and wants to try something different.”
Celebs Go Dating was contacted for comment.
Wayne Lineker, Match Of The Day pundit Gary Lineker, has also joined the line-up.
This week, the series will be filmed in London in a Covid-safe environment.
Megan McKenna and Chloe Ferry were among the stars who tried to find love in the hit series.
26-year-old CBBC star sent Rebbecca Perryins a series of explicit messages, with one message saying: “F***I want you.”
He even met her behind his girlfriend Poppy Hannah Birtwistle, who was pictured together on Strictly.
Karim confirmed last night that he had split from Poppy-Hannah. A source said that “temptation got the better” of him.
Rebbecca, 22 years old, and Karim met for the first time on Instagram last April. She stated that Karim had been telling her for over a year and a half that he wanted to be with her.
“I believed in him. He was the one I felt deep affection for. It was so romantic that we used to talk for hours. We exchanged hundreds of flirty messages.”
One Karim’s friend said, “F*** I want You (heart eyes emoticon) Do you know how long you’ve been my desire for you?”
He said, “I’m going to be all over you.” Another October email, after Strictly began, showed that he offered to pay Rebbecca for her trip from Warrington to London.
Rebbecca continued: “He said to me that once things calm down for him, then we could become officially married. He was even introduced to my family. He was aware that they were voting for me.”
She said she thought he was seeing someone else, but he “always blamed himself for his job” when ignoring her calls.
She said, “We haven’t spoken since.” Although Karim seems like a perfect character, he is nothing but.
Yesterday night, Karim confirmed that he had parted with Poppy-Hannah. Sources close to him stated that he was young and wasn’t thinking.
Last night’s final Karim was at the top of the judges leaderboard before the public votes were counted. However, he and Amy Dowden lost to Kelvin Fletcher.