STRICTLY Come Dancing star Molly Rainford achieved it all when she landed a place in last year's show final and bagged herself a romance in the process.
But the EastEnders star, who celebrated her 23rd birthday this week, has been left unconvinced that there are any couples forming on the series this year.
The singer and actress made it to the BBC show's final thanks to some seriously sizzling dance routines with partner, Carlos Gu.
Although the pair were pipped to the post by Hamza Yassin for the Glitterball trophy, Molly managed to bag another prize in the form of her boyfriend, TV and radio presenter, Tyler West.
Having met on the programme, the pair quickly struck up a romance earlier this year when they headed out on the show's arena tour around the country.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Molly has now revealed the 'real reason' that she believes there are no couples on this year's edition despite the rumour mill going into overdrive about favourite pairing, Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola.
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Molly told us: "For me, speaking completely honestly, I don't think you have any time to date when you are on that show.
"With all the rehearsals, all the prep and press to do, there is no time for dating.
"I genuinely believe everyone is just very, very good friends on the show and I don't think there are any romances going on just yet but we will have to wait and see!"
Molly, who sat in the show's audience to watch the class of 2023 earlier this year, admitted it felt like "handing over the baton" when she got to see the new stars in action.
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She said: "Strictly was the most amazing experience, if I could do it every year then I would.
"It was so nice going and watching and to be sitting back in the audience with some Strictly 2022 people and also my boyfriend!
"There are some really good dancers this year and I do love Ellie and Vito, I think she's doing amazingly."
The singer and CBBC star then gave a nod to her professional partner Carlos by insisting she was "team Gu all the way".
Molly was speaking to The Sun on behalf of Always' latest campaign to improve the conversations around periods and puberty which saw her head into schools along with GP, Dr Aziza Sesay, to break down the stigma around talking openly about periods.
The 23 year old said she felt empowered to be able to use her platform to raise awareness having started in the entertainment industry at just 11 years old.
She said: "It was really important for me to get on board with this campaign as I would have loved for it to be so much more normal to talk about my first period when I was just starting out.
"I did Britain's Got Talent when I was 11 and then went straight into secondary school and then puberty hit."
Molly helped to launch their latest initiative where schools up and down the country are now being offered the chance to access a range of new resources from Always in order to better education around periods through a variety of unique classroom activities.
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