Dancing On Ice star finds love with EastEnders actress after splitting from wife of 13 years

Rufus Hound has confirmed he as found love with a former EastEnders actress following his split from wife Beth Johnson.

The former DOI contestant, 44, took to his Twitter with a gushing post and declared ‘nobody has ever loved me as much as her’.

Rufus wed Beth in 2007 in a Las Vegas ceremony and together they share son Alby and daughter Hilda, before eventually splitting in 2020.

But now he has well and truly moved on and found love again with former soap star Sally Hodgkiss.

The actress appeared in EastEnders as Steph in 2019 when her character worked as a waitress at Walford restaurant, Walford East. 

Taking to Twitter he shared a slew of snaps from their time at Glastonbury as well as a gushing tribute to declare his love. 

Writing: ‘No-one has ever loved me as much as this woman and the best bit is she’s all things wonderful’. 

‘It’s a blessing to be her boyfriend and she is my absolute best person that I didn’t make’.

Before adding: ‘She makes everything fun and good all the time. She’s sunshine and snogging and smiling all at once. It was the BEST time’. 

While Sally said that he was the ‘best person’ she had ever met. 

The actress, who was performing stand-up at the festival, has also appeared in an episode of Casualty and  numerous stage productions. 

In October 2020 Rufus shared a poignant post that saw him claim he and his estranged wife ‘will always remain best friends’ despite parting ways.

Saying in a statement: ‘In April, Beth and I made the sad decision to end our marriage’. 

‘We will always have much love and respect for each other. Even though we are separated we will always remain best friends.’

The pair share two children Alby and Hilda together, and he concluded by saying ‘as always, our family will remain our number one priority.’

During his time on the ITV skating competition in 2021 there were calls for him to be axed after historic tweets by the star using racist and homophobic slurs resurfaced, it has been claimed.

The Sun reported at the time the comedian has been told he ‘won’t be kicked off the show’ after old tweets from the star emerged in which he used the word ‘r****d’ in 2011, referred to Ed Sheeran as a ‘gay lord’ and tweeted racist slurs including the n-word in 2012.

A source claimed to the website that ITV was being hypocritical with Hound –  following the axing of I’m A Celebrity star Jack Maynard back in 2017 after tweets emerged of him using racist and homophobic slurs. 

A source told the website: ‘Dancing On Ice have made their position clear and while Rufus’s tweets have been quietly condemned, right now it’s not being seen as an offence which would require his removal.

‘It seems there is one rule for some, and one for another. After Jack was taken off I’m A Celebrity for the same kind of tweets, it was assumed that Rufus would be told he should step down.

‘But it’s been made clear to those working on the show that they’re standing by him.’ 

He was eventually forced to quid the show after testing positive for COVID-19.