Shayne Ward makes his soap comeback this week - and he’ll be joined by his famous fiancée. The singer - who is appearing on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing - shot to fame in the 2000s after winning The X Factor . Since then, he’s kept himself busy, playing Aidan Connor for three years on Coronation Street before leaving in 2018.
Away from the showbiz world , Shayne is loved-up with soap star Sophie Austin - who played Lindsey Butterfield in Hollyoaks. The pair have been together since 2016 and share two children. Daughter Willow May was born in December 2016 and in 2022, Shayne and Sophie, who got engaged in 2017, welcomed their second child, a baby boy named Reign Thomas.
In 2018, Sophie revealed Shayne's rather unconventional proposal. She told OK Magazine!: ‘I had told Shayne that if he was ever going to propose I would love my family to be there. “We were stood in the hallway - I was wearing pyjamas and my hair was tied up with a pair of knickers,” she added.
Sophie continued: “Once the music [Barbra Streisand’s I’ve Dreamed of You] Shayne came over and asked if he could have a dance with me. I suddenly thought oh crap, he is going to ask me in front of everybody. “I know it sounds weird as I’m an actor but I don’t like being the centre of attention.
But it was the perfect ending to our lovely Christmas .” Shayne and Sophie are no strangers to sharing updates on their family life with fans on social media. In September, the pair celebrated th.