Karen Hauer and her boyfriend Simon Davidson rang in their one year anniversary on Tuesday with a sweet update. 

The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 42, who first confirmed her relationship with the marketing manager, 34, in January, was seen wearing a black ʙικιɴι as the couple enjoyed a day at The Saltwater Sauna. 

Their romance came after she split from Jordan Wyn-Jones in October 2023 just 16-months after tying the knot. 

Giving an insight into their year together, Karen and Simon put on a loved-up display in the joint Instagram post.

The couple were pictured on various trips, including a romantic break to Italy, as well as behind-the-scenes at the Strictly Come Dancing studio. 

She captioned the sweet update: ‘One Year Of Us.’

Karen Hauer and her boyfriend Simon Davidson rang in their one year anniversary on Tuesday with a sweet update

The Strictly Come Dancing professional, 42, who first confirmed her relationship with the marketing manager in January, gave an insight into their time together

Karen seemingly took swipe at her three ex-husbands, claiming it’s always the person that ‘goes wrong’ and not the marriage in a recent interview. 

The Venezuelan-born dancer, was previously married to former Strictly professional Kevin Clifton from 2015 to 2018, who now shares a daughter with Stacey Dooley. 

Prior to her relationship with Kevin, she was married to Matthew Hauer for nine years before they split in 2009.

But despite her three walks down the aisle Karen said that would ‘never say never’ to a fourth marriage and was currently ‘smitten’ in her new relationship.

She also said she now ‘finally understands’ what is needed from a partner. 

Karen told  The Mirror: ‘The marriage doesn’t go wrong, it is the person. You think you know someone and then you don’t. But that’s why I am taking it slow and really getting to know [new boyfriend] Simon before taking the next step’.

‘As you get older you’ve been through so many marriages and divorces I’ve nothing left to fight about as I’ve fought about it already. I travel a lot. He lives in Manchester, the time we do spend together we don’t want to waste arguing about things that don’t matter.

‘I now understand what I really need from a partner – support and understanding but from but from both ways’. 

Giving an insight into their year together, Karen and Simon put on a loved-up display in the joint Instagram post

The couple were pictured on various trips, including a romantic break to Italy, as well as behind-the-scenes at the Strictly Come Dancing studio

She captioned the sweet update: ‘One Year Of Us’

Karen seemingly took swipe at her three ex-husbands, claiming it’s always the person that ‘goes wrong’ and not the marriage in a recent interview

Karen and personal trainer Simon went Instagram official in January as she shared a loved-up pH๏τograph of the couple hiking in the countryside. 

Karen and Simon confirmed their blossoming romance on January, 19, after he joined her in Birmingham amid Strictly’s first live tour show of the year.

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Simon – a senior sports marketing manager for Adidas – was seen arriving at the H๏τel where all the Strictly stars were staying.

Karen couldn’t stop smiling as she introduced Simon to one of her best pals, Gina Mancini, one of the Strictly team’s mᴀssage therapists.

The Venezuelan dancer was first spotted with the former sportsman at the BBC show’s final in December 2023.

After being introduced by co-star Gorka Marquez and his partner Gemma Atkinson, the dancer is said to have enjoyed a recent romantic getaway.

Karen and her estranged husband Jordan, 35, married in June 2022, describing the ceremony as a ‘fairytale’ at the time.

Jordan later told how their relationship crumbled just 16 months after their wedding day as Karen waltzed off to rehearsals leaving him at home.

He told The Mail on Sunday: ‘It’s a bit of a love story, a sad story. I’m incredibly sad not to be in Karen’s life, and not be on this journey with her but we’re not right for each other in terms of her career. 

‘I will always admire her for her career but it took her away from me a lot. She’d be away and I’d be at home on my own.’

Central to their break-up was that his wish to start a family clashed with Karen’s commitment to the show as its longest-serving professional.

Having talked about having children, they moved from Karen’s home in Wimbledon, South West London, to the North of England, where they settled in the countryside with their four dogs.

But instead of cosy nights in, Jordan says their relationship became a series of video and phone calls as his wife, an American-Venezuelan ballroom champion, travelled around the country.

‘Karen’s dedicated to her career, which she has worked really hard for,’ Jordan said. 

‘She’s amazing and I admire her for it. That’s one of the reasons I wanted to marry her – because of how powerful she is.

‘But we wanted different things. There was a plan about having children but then there wasn’t a plan.

‘When we first met, we discussed it. You do say things like, “I want to have kids”. And she’d mentioned to me that she wanted to have kids with me. 

‘But in the interview, Karen said “kids aren’t the future” – which did make me sad. I’ve always wanted to be a father.’

Karen seemingly took swipe at her three ex-husbands, claiming it’s always the person that ‘goes wrong’ and not the marriage in a recent interview (pictured with ex husband Jordan Wyn-Jones in 2022)

Karen was previously married to former Strictly professional Kevin Clifton (pictured together in 2015) from 2015 to 2018, who now shares a daughter with Stacey Dooley

But despite her three walks down the aisle Karen said that would ‘never say never’ to a fourth marriage and was currently ‘smitten’ in her new relationship (pictured with Simon)

He added: ‘I wouldn’t say it was a shock but I knew subconsciously in the back of my head… why would she want to have a child with me?

‘I’d become vacant in our relationship. I was loving and so caring for her but I was vacant because of the situation that we found ourselves in.’

Jordan said they broke down crying as they admitted their marriage was over: ‘There were tears on both sides. A lot of tears and sadness. We didn’t want to let go of each other but we’re also not right for each other.

‘If we’d stayed together and we didn’t have a family, I felt I would have ended up resenting her. This is the perfect moment for us to love each other and leave each other.’