Hannah Waddingham reportedly had a ‘secret relationship’ with a British star (Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer/ Getty Images)
Hannah Waddingham reportedly ‘snuck’ the British musician she was dating into Eurovision.
The actress, 49, is perhaps best known for her roles on TV shows like Ted Lasso, Sex Education and Game of Thrones, but has also appeared in several West End shows including Spamalot and The Wizard of Oz.
Earlier this year she also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest when it was held in Liverpool.
It’s now been revealed that at this time she was ‘secretly’ dating a fellow British star.
Back in the summer, Hannah was reportedly seeing tenor and actor Alfie Boe, who previously played Jean Valjean in the musical Les Misérables.
He has also sold more than one million albums in the United Kingdom.
The Ted Lasso star is said to have ‘snuck’ him into Eurovision (Picture: Dave Benett)
Three years ago the pair performed on screen together in a West End video collaboration of Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again and recently struck up a relationship.
‘Hannah and Alfie have moved in similar circles for years, but both had partners at different times,’ a source has told The Sun.
‘Towards the end of last year they went on a couple of dinners at places like Scott’s in Richmond — where Ted Lasso is set.
‘With Hannah’s career massively in the ascendancy, she was keen to let her work, not personal life, do the talking so they deliberately kept things quiet.’
They added: ‘It was especially hard to keep things under wraps during the madness of Eurovision when all the spotlight was on her.’
Alfie Boe is a tenor and actor (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
The source continued: ‘But they managed to sneak Alfie in backstage and kept things low-key.
However they have now called time on their relationship.
‘Things have fizzled out but they remain on friendly terms,’ they added.
Hannah, who was recently dubbed the ‘Queen of Christmas’ for her roles in the M & S and Bailey’s festive ads, has an eight-year-old daughter with her hotelier ex, Gianluca Cugnetto.
He split from his wife Sarah in 2020 (Picture: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)
Meanwhile Alfie has two children with his ex-wife Sarah, whom he separated from back in 2020.
Last year he revealed he almost took his own life and spent five weeks in rehab following his split.
Speaking on an episode of Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof, which saw celebrities take part in endurance challenges, Alfie admitted he was in a ‘really dark place’ after his separation.
He emotionally revealed he spent five weeks in a rehabilitation facility after taking an overdose but went on to say he wanted to speak about it in the hopes it could ‘help anyone out there that needs that’.
Metro.co.uk has contacted representatives for Hannah Waddingham and Alfie Boe for comment.
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‘They deliberately kept things quiet.’