Rachel Riley, 33, took to Twitter to gush over her boyfriend Pasha Kovalev, 39, after she was praised online for attending an event where she showcased her dance moves. In view of 627,000 followers, the blonde beauty retweeted a message which included a sweet video clip of the maths whizz on stage dancing at the Israeli Dance Institute. The tweet read: “@RachelRileyRR was truly extraordinary today, spreading joy wherever she went and turning her hand to any activity @JLGBHQ and @JewishNewsUK could think up. “Here she is closing the show as the latest recruit to the Israeli Dance Institute #bigfamilyshow.”
Rachel responded to the tweet, writing: “Pasha taught me everything I know,” followed by dance emoji.
Fans flocked to respond to the heartwarming clip, as one person said: “Taught by the best.”
Another person commented: “It’s a ten from me. Nice moves.”
A third person quipped: “Oh Rachel! You are amazing in everything you do, however the moves need Pasha coaching.”
Meanwhile, Rachel’s beau recently announced he had quit Strictly Come Dancing after eight years on the BBC show.
The dancer released a lengthy statement to his social media pages thanking the show and his fans for their support.
Rachel has since recently opened up about learning Russian but admitted it could be “disconcerting” to hear Pasha and his friends speak because the doesn’t understand the language.
Speaking to host Jonathan Ross, 58, on his show, she said she had been learning Russian – her partner’s native language – with the help of an online app.
She spilled: “Pasha’s friends are mostly Russian and they were brought up in Soviet Russia and now they’ve come to mostly the States. We go on holiday with them and his mum and his brother as well.
“The first time I met the boys, I spoke no Russian at all.”
She added: “It’s really disconcerting, a bunch of thirty-something boys talking and giggling and drinking and I have no idea what they’re talking about.”
The loved-up couple first met each other when they were partnered together on Strictly Come Dancing back in 2013.
A year later, they confirmed they were dating.
Speaking about getting married in the future, the star admitted she was in no rush to get down the aisle.
She told Radio Times: “I am in love now. I don’t feel I have to get married. I don’t think I need that pressure any more.
“I don’t worry about getting married or whether he is taking a long time in the morning or whether he has done the dishes.
“That does not really bother me in the long term. I feel settled.”
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