Vincent Simone: Matt Di Angelo has stolen the only woman I ever loved

Strictly Come Dancing's Flavia Cacace has broken his heart

Monday, 31 December 2007

Vincent Simone was sure ex-EastEnder Matt Di Angelo was no threat to his relationship with Flavia Cacace - but he was wrong.

Vincent, 29, and Flavia, 27, had been together for 13 years but the stunning Italian has fallen for the 20-year-old.

'Matt has stolen the only woman I've ever loved,' says Vincent. 'I feel empty and am beside myself. I've never felt like this before and all I want is to have her back.

'She's the love of my life.'

Vincent suspected something was up when Flavia began rejecting his embraces.

'She was avoiding being intimate with me,' he reveals. 'We didn’t make love once after Strictly started.'

The idea of appearing on the Strictly Come Dancing tour and having to see Matt and Flavia together is unbearable.

'The thought just tears me apart inside,' Vincent tells The People. 'I just hope that if I give her some space, things will fizzle out between them.

'The reality of normal life may just kill the passion that they think they feel now.'

Flavia has moved out of the home she shared with Vincent in Guildford, Surrey and has moved back in with her parents.

But she's said to have told friends that she left because she was fed up with her ex's flirting, reports The Mirror.

Professional dancer Brendon Cole became very close to celebrity dance partner Natasha Kaplinsky in the 2004 Strictly Come Dancing and broke girlfriend Camilla Dallerup's heart.

Natasha and Brendan's closeness didn't last and he says he regrets splitting with Camilla.

'I left it too late to get her back,' says Brendan, 31. 'She'll never forgive me.'