Fans of The Greatest Dancer might have thought they’d accidentally tuned in to Love Island last week after a scene which involved dance captain Cheryl and ‘receptionist’ Curtis Pritchard.
The 36 year old was accused of “flirting” with 23-year-old Curtis who is still in a relationship with fellow Love Islander, Maura Higgins.
The exchange – which took place in the ‘reception’ area of the show – saw Cheryl and Curtis greet each other with a lingering embrace as Curtis told the mum of one that she looked, “absolutely fantastic”.
Cheryl then proceeded to tease Curtis by quoting the Love Island catchphrase, “got a text!” to him. She then continued, “is that really annoying? I won’t do it anymore, promise.” To which Curtis replied, “that’s ok, you can do anything.”
Cheryl then strutted out of the room, blowing a kiss goodbye to the ex-Love Islander – leaving him visibly flustered and wiping his brow.
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We’re told Cheryl has been left “mortified” by the claims she was flirting with Curtis – who also hit the headlines last week by denying claims he'd cheated on Maura with a girl in a bar on a night out.
An insider close to the singer tells us, “It was just a bit of harmless fun for Cheryl and she knows Curtis has a girlfriend. She would never disrespect Maura like that. She sees Curtis like a younger brother and she thinks of their flirting as just banter.”
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Viewers of the show were quick to comment on the flirty exchange, with one posting online, “Someone call Maura [and] tell Cheryl to stop flirting with Curtis”.
The mum to two-year-old Bear has previously been accused of flirting with the reality star after she posted an Instagram back in August which gave Curtis a cheeky shout out.
However, we’re told the singer is upset at what people have been saying. “Cheryl feels like she can’t so anything right at times but everyone who knows her knows she would never try to take somebody else’s man. She loves working with Curtis and everyone on The Greatest Dancer and she won’t be changing her behaviour because of what people are saying.”
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