Kara Tointon 'swept off her feet' by Strictly Come Dancing partner
Strictly Come Dancing stars Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev got together two weeks after they first met on the show.
They shared a kiss on a date at the cinema but tried to hide their romance, despite rumours surfacing in the press, until after they won the BBC1 ballroom show.
Former EastEnder Tointon told Hello! magazine she realised she had fallen for the Russian soon after meeting him.
She said: "I knew pretty quick that I'd met someone special.
"We were getting to know each other and I thought 'God, I really like him'."
Tointon said Chigvintsev "fitted in" easily when he spent Christmas with her and her family.
She said: "It has been my dream to meet someone that my family would love as much as I did."
And she has been introduced to his mother Anna, via Skype, with Artem acting as translator, and revealed she wants to visit Russia.
She said: "Artem's childhood is so different to mine.
"It's fascinating. I can't wait to go."
The couple said they are planning on moving in together after they finish on the current Strictly Come Dancing live tour.
Read the full interview in Hello!, out now.
