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Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff split

Dancing With The Stars couple call it quits

Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff met 2 years ago

Mario Lopez and girlfriend Karina Smirnoff have broken up.

The couple met on the 3rd series of US show Dancing With The Stars 2 years ago.

But Karina says their work schedules have made made it difficult for their relationship to progress.

‘He's a great guy,’ she tells the New York Post.

‘I think the world of him, but I think we're both concentrating on our careers right now.’

The pair were said to have split in April, but they both denied the claims.

Mario, of Saved By The Bell fame, blamed the break-up rumours on Britney Spears.

'See what happens when Britney starts behaving?’ he said.

‘People start making up all kinds of things.’

Mario, 34, married Ali Landry in 2004. It was annulled 2 weeks later.

Alison Adey