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Inside Ellie Simmonds' love life after devastating split from childhood sweetheart


Paralympian Ellie Simmonds' former boyfriend Matt was a huge support to her during her time on Strictly Come Dancing, but the couple have sadly since parted ways

Ellie, who has achondroplasia, has since carved out a career in TV, having helped front coverage of this year's Olympic Games and Paralympics. Matt proved to be a huge support to Ellie during her Strictly stint, and it was previously revealed that he encouraged her to sign up for the BBC show. Speaking to MailOnline, Ellie's adoptive mother, said: “When Katie was born with dwarfism we didn’t know anything about it so had to do a lot of research about it.

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