Strictly’s Karen Hauer rules out the idea of using an app to find love

‘There’s no way of dating right now’: Strictly’s Karen Hauer rules out the idea of using an app to find love as she insists she’s happily single after split from David Webb

Karen Hauer has ruled out the idea of using a dating app to find love as she talked about being single following her split from opera singer David Webb.  

Back in September, news emerged the Strictly star, 39, had split from David after two years of dating.

And in an interview with OK! Magazine, Karen has insisted she is embracing single life and added it is incredibly hard to get back into dating due to the pandemic. 

Happy single: Karen Hauer has ruled out the idea of using a dating app to find love as she talked about being single following her split from opera singer David Webb

Talking about her love life, she said: ‘At the moment I’m just at home relaxing. There’s no way of dating right now. I’m dating my three dogs.

‘For me I need to feel the connection with someone right away. I’d feel really weird dating someone from an app. I’m very old school.’

Karen added she finds dating apps ‘impersonal’ and would much rather meet someone in everyday life.  

Break-up: Back in September, news emerged the Strictly star, 39, had split from David after two years of dating

Break-up: Back in September, news emerged the Strictly star, 39, had split from David after two years of dating

The television personality also spoke about turning 40 next year. 

‘Yeah I like ageing. I think ageing is awesome! I don’t feel my age. If anything I feel younger than ever and feel my best’, she said.    

Karen has been throwing herself into hosting live Instagram workout classes after David moved out of their home following the split. 

A source said back in September, when their break-up was first announced: ‘It finished on good terms, they have a mutual respect for one another and there were no other parties involved – the relationship simply ran its course.’ 

Happy with her dogs: And in an interview, Karen has insisted she is embracing single life and said it is incredibly hard to date due to the pandemic

Happy with her dogs: And in an interview, Karen has insisted she is embracing single life and said it is incredibly hard to date due to the pandemic

The Venezuelan beauty divorced Strictly co-star Kevin Clifton, 38, in 2018. He is now in a relationship with his former Strictly partner Stacey Dooley, 33.

Despite the breakdown of their three-year marriage, the former couple are now in a good place, with Karen revealing that she has a ‘really lovely’ friendship with her ex-husband.  

In their first couple’s photoshoot and interview with Hello! magazine last year, Karen revealed how thrilled she was to have David in her life.

She said: ‘He’s my rock. It’s so nice to have someone that understands and accepts me, doesn’t judge and doesn’t try to change me in any way.

‘Everyone just falls in love with him too, because he has such a beautiful soul.’ 

In February 2020, Karen also told the publication when asked about whether the pair would marry: ‘Never say never. It’s really beautiful to be married, regardless of what’s happened in the past.” 

The couple were first seen together on Boxing Day in 2018, after David spent the festive period with Karen and her family in New York, before taking things to the next level when they moved in together in April 2019.  

Ex: The Venezuelan beauty divorced Strictly co-star Kevin Clifton, 38, in 2018. He is now in a relationship with his former Strictly partner Stacey Dooley, 33 (pictured August 2017)

Ex: The Venezuelan beauty divorced Strictly co-star Kevin Clifton, 38, in 2018. He is now in a relationship with his former Strictly partner Stacey Dooley, 33 (pictured August 2017)