http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_head...name_page.html

Now they are doing their best to link Christopher Dean and Karen Barber, now that his marriage has gone !!

Gosh - what a bit of goss, eh?

I didn't know he and his wife had split till I saw this here!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...en-Barber.html

Here is another version from Mail on Sunday !

Neither did I!! I must say that I am surprised as I thought Chris and his wife would be one of the 'showbiz' marriages to survive. As the old saying goes 'there is no smoke without fire' but I find the Karen/Chris thing hard to believe.

I'd heard rumours about his marriage being in trouble a while ago, I suppose the distance didn't help and her apparent refusal to move to the UK. Very suprised if he's having an affair with Karen. I wouldn't have put them together at all

Me neither. I had heard that Karen's marriage was very strong. Chris much have been under huge pressure, spending so much time in the UK. Shame.

I wouldn't believe it about Karen either. She seems a very mothering sort, who would be a very good friend in a situation like this. She has probably proven to be a great shoulder to cry on and to talk to.

That article by The People is unbelievable.
Is the writer a wannabe private detective or something?
It certainly will save Karen's hubby having to pay for one!

Karen and Chris go back a long long way and it's a shame a sleazy article has to be written like this in preference to one suggesting she is being supportive.
Karen's husband is away up north training, Chris is by himself, is it really that odd that 2 friends should decide to spend time together?

If Chris had a male friend staying, would The People be strongly suggesting that he was now "batting for the other side"?

Well said Lottie. I can't believe some comments here are talking like this is FACT. It isn't just rumour which has been denied by their spokes person. When my best mate split from his wife I spent 2 weeks living with him therss nothing wrong or strange in that.

Where has it been denied? The article says they have refused to comment.

I read that the article said ITV/spokesperson refused to comment, not Christopher Dean or Karen Barber - in other words someone with a bit of credibility refused to indulge in idle speculation or create hearsay about someone else.

The writer of the People article Laura Armstrong contacted my friend and I way back in Jan after we set up a fan group for Dan and Hayley, she was trying to get us to disclose any info we had about them good or bad, obviously we chose to totally ignore her as we were suspicious although she never mentioned she was a reporter, gut instinct told us something was amiss, also had another person contact us who said she was from a paper offering us money to dish out any gossip we had about Dan or Hayley, ignored her too as would never do anything like that to Dan no matter what we know about him.

Good for you Tracey
I think reporters who are after that sort of information must have very thick skins to be able to sleep at night. It's a pity people's private lives can't stay just as that.

Almost certainly.

it's a well know fact that reporters try and recruit stalkers to dish "information" when in fact all they can offer is gossip and bits of personal information probably found in the bins they rummage through

This.

That reporter's behaviour is extremely creepy, staking out her flat, making notes on times of her arrival and leaving. It's sick voyeurism, and really nasty.

This is why we need some sort of privacy law, the media do not seem to be able to set their own limits on what is and in this case what is NOT news.

The Mirror said it first, followed by STV saying Chris's spokes person has denied a romance/affair

Karen goes home during the week she trains with Stephen and the northen based dancers - makes a change from Chris/Jayne I suppose

Well I agree with this. Extremely creepy, don't know if they have an affair or whatever, but the paparazzi are really disgusting. It explains however, why Chris was in a worse mood this series.

it's really stalkerish but i suppose it can be used to back up the 'theories' think the karen/chris partnership is way wide of the mark. talk about kicking people when they're down

I dont think Karen has been with the Northern guys as much this year its mostly been Stephen on the training clips.
Theres been so many couples that think she's been south most of the time.


Personally dont believe any of this though.

Damn, that's sad that he and Jill split up. I was watching an old documentary just yesterday and they were adorable together.

The Karen stuff is just rubbish. He's going through a rough time and she's being supportive, just like any friend of 20+ years would be.

There was speculation that he had split up from his wife last year because he wasn't wearing his wedding ring, someone has obviously tipped off the gutter press so they can stalk them....red top reporters are the lowest form of life!

It is quite frightening the lengths some people will go to. There are reports in the newspapers today that Maria is being stalked. And one of the male professionals has had some nutter walking up and down outside his parents house, as well as being hounded at his training rink when he's in the area. Quite unacceptable behaviour

If I was Karen/Chris, I'd keep a copy of that news report as it's stepped way over the mark regarding stalking and harassment IMO.