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Alesha Dixon has reportedly split from 18-year-old Azuka Ononye’s partner.
The Britain’s Got Talent judge, 46, who shares daughters Azura, 10, and Anaya, four, with the choreographer, 43, has reportedly confided in friends that the couple’s relationship became ‘more of a friendship’ before they started their own went away.
The pair made their last red carpet appearance together in July 2023, at Stormzy’s star-studded 30th birthday, and have not appeared on each other’s social media in recent months.
A source said The sun: ‘Alesha quietly tells people around her that she thinks their relationship is over and that they are breaking up.’
“She and Azuka have been together for almost twenty years, but their relationship has become more of a friendship.
Alesha Dixon, 46, has reportedly split from 18-year-old partner Azuka Ononye, 43
The Britain’s Got Talent judge shares daughters Azura, 10, and Anaya, four, with the choreographer (2021 photo)
‘They are devoted parents to their girls, who are 11 and six, and for their sake they want to focus on keeping their relationship as amicable as possible.’
According to the publication, the couple both attended rapper Nas’ concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall in November, but attended separately and sat on opposite sides of the room.
MailOnline has contacted Alesha’s representatives for comment.
The couple was rumored to have secretly married in 2017 and she introduced him as her “dear husband” during an appearance on Michael McIntyre’s Big Show Christmas Special in December 2017, but neither has confirmed whether a wedding took place .
Azuka also attended the Wicked premiere in London earlier this week with eldest daughter Azura, without Alesha in sight.
The couple first met in 2006 after Alesha’s one-year marriage to So Solid Crew rapper MC Harvey, following his affair with fellow singer Javine Hylton.
Azuka first worked as a former backup dancer for Mis-Teeq before being hired as creative director.
Speaking about the relationship on The Jonathan Ross Show in 2018, she admitted that she played hard to get for about a year.
The pair made their last red carpet appearance together in July 2023, during Stormzy’s star-studded 30th birthday (pictured)
Alesha reportedly confided in friends that the couple’s relationship became ‘more of a friendship’ before they went their separate ways (2021 photo)
The couple first met in 2006 after Alesha’s one-year marriage to So Solid Crew rapper MC Harvey (pictured together in 2005) following his affair with fellow singer Javine Hylton.
‘He was sleeping on the floor because I was on the sofa, I couldn’t even go up the stairs. If he can carry me to the toilet, he’s a keeper.’
She said: ‘Then I had foot surgery and couldn’t walk and he was literally on the floor every day sleeping and looking after me. I just looked at him and thought, ‘That’s for better or worse, isn’t it?’ I looked like a state,’
Alesha gushed over Azuka again during an appearance on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories in 2014, saying she could “authentically be herself” when she was with him.
‘I don’t have to be anything other than who I am and it’s a wonderful feeling when you can just be yourself with someone. And it’s like I’m with my best friend every day.”
In the meantime, she talked about their family, she said Giovanna Fletcher’s happy mother podcast in 2020: ‘[Azuka] was the first person I met where I knew we could have children together because of our values, our morals and our way of thinking.”
And told later HELLO! in 2022: ‘If you choose to have children, you are their first introduction to the world. I consciously strive for my daughters to have a very loving, supportive home with two parents who are great role models. I feel a sense of responsibility.’