June 29th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Matt DiAngelo
Andy Scott Lee has accused Strictly Come Dancing star, Matt Di’Angelo of ruining his marriage to Michelle Heaton.
“I’m speaking out now because I’m sick of the lies. The truth is Matt Di Angelo killed my marriage,” Andy told the Sunday Mirror. “Michelle and I didn’t split up because we drifted apart - I ended it because she cheated on me before. But Matt was the straw the broke the camel’s back.”
Andy discovered a message from Michelle to a friend on their laptop, describing Matt as “sexy”, Heaton told the pal they had “hugged and played with each other” in the actor’s hotel room, but had resisted kissing or having sex on both nights.
“Our sex life had always been good but now I can’t bear to touch her because of what’s happened,” Scott-Lee continued. “Michelle cheated on me before but always denied it, so I expected she would lie again. Read more & comment »
Friends of Strictly Come Dancing star, Matt Di’Angelo, have revealed that he is absolutely smitten by co-star Alesha Dixon.
A source told The People: “Matt and Alesha’s relationship is an open secret among the stars of the show. They seem really happy together - and the relationship seems to have spurred them on to perform brilliantly.
“Matt’s told a few people. But I don’t think either of them really wants the romance to become the talking point of the series.”
Eastenders star Matt Di’Angelo has spoken out against rumours of rivallry and bitchiness behinds the scenes of Strictly Come Dancing.
“Everyone wants there to be bitchiness, but there isn’t,” Matt told Celebs on Sunday. “We’re all so petrified every week, we just end up being really supportive of one another. To be honest, we’re all having too much fun.”
Matt added that he expects Alesha Dixon or Gethin Jones to win the series: “They’re so good, definitely the dark horses of the show.”
Watch Eastenders Deano aka Matt Di’Angelo trying to be suave and cool on Strictly Come Dancing, it kinda works I suppose! He’s not a bad dancer and will probably get through at least half of the series on looks alone!
It had to happen, it always happens. Just before the launch of a new series of Strictly Come Dancing, someone else gets injured!
The latest casualty of the show has been Eastenders actor, Matt Di’Angelo, who has been ordered to take three days out from rehearsing after tearing his knee ligaments.
The Sun: “One minute I was dancing and all of a sudden I was in pain. I pulled some ligaments in my leg and I’ve had to have physio.
“I’m out of action for a few days, which is annoying as I’ve been practising hard. We’ve been doing four hours a day and it’s really, really difficult. It makes EastEnders look easy.” Read more & comment »
Matt Di’Angelo (professional partner is Flavia Cacace)
Matt is best known as character Deano Wicks in EastEnders. He was a student at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and before EastEnders he started his career modelling and in commercials.
Other TV appearances include playing Felix in the TV programme I Dream, Sunday morning kids TV show Smile, in 2000 he starred as Robbie in the TV drama series Harbour Lights and in 2005 in the film Telling Lies where he played Derek.
In 2006, Matt was nominated for the Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards.