Another Dancing with the Stars relationship is in trouble.
In 2005, the romance between Shane Cortese and Nerida Jantti (then going by the name Nerida Lister), saw them both break up with their partners (although they deny any hanky panky during DWTS).
More recently Cory Hutchings’ marriage was in trouble after rumours that Cory and partner Rebecca Nicholson did the horizontal mambo.
Now, Megan Alatini is admitting that her marriage to rugby player Pita is on the rocks. She’s packing her bags to head to Japan where hubby and children Trey and Tiara are eagerly waiting for Megan and daughter Tonica to join them.
The problem? The couple who have been together for 15 years admit they never see each other and have been quarrelling while they live in different countries. Is this the same couple that twittered about their happy marriage less than a year ago and shared their bedroom secrets with the gossip mags?
Megan (or Megz as she likes to be known) says rumours that she had a fling with Dancing With The Stars partner Jonny Williams didn’t help. That’s an odd thing to say, given she started the rumours when she told the gossip mags that she thought Jonny was sexy and she found him attractive!
It was easy to feel an emotional attachment with Jonny – we had a beautiful connection.Then she trots out the ‘we’ll be friends forever’ line. Doesn’t every DWTS couple say that?
Of course, in the case of Megan and Jonny that might be difficult. During the video footage of DWTS, Jonny was seen socialising with Megan and Pita, who was unaware of rumours at that time. Would he still be so welcoming? And how did he not notice that Jonny and Megz were smitten with each other?
Megan was seen leaving Jonny’s hotel room early in the morning during their stint on DWTS, and hotel staff say they were spending time together right up until the night of the final.
We hear it was a bit of a revolving door, with Jonny’s ex girlfriend Kirsty being ushered into the room on the nights that she travelled to Wellington to watch him dance. Their relationship of five years hit the skids during DWTS and Jonny is now dating Kristie.
Jonny dances professionally with Rebecca Nicholson. They are the current New Zealand New Vogue champs.
Megz missed out on a television presenting role here in New Zealand but is still actively working on promoting her music career. She performs with her sisters Monique and Meryl aka Nubian Angelz and hopes to put out an album. The group recently toured NZ as part of the Variety tour and played at SkyCity. Nubian Angelz describe themselves as RnB Pop-Senation Music Group. Let’s hope Megz' singing is better than her spelling.
By the way does anyone else notice the family trait of naming all the children with the same first name? Megan’s siblings are Meryl, Monique and Miquelle. Her children all have names starting with T – Tonica, Trey and Tiara.
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