Nick Knowles and his fiancee Katie Dadzie together (Image: INSTAGRAM)
DIY SOS star , who will be on stage on Saturday for ‘s Movie Week, popped the question to Katie Dadzie in 2022 during a romantic trip to New Orleans.
However, their relationship has been plagued by controversy ever since, with online trolls mocking their love and being “properly vile”, according to 62-year-old Nick.
He revealed in The Times that the continuous stream of hateful comments and “horrible racist abuse” have left Katie, almost 30 years his junior, questioning whether their romance is “worth it”.
“Katie’s a mum of two, she’s super-intelligent, and capable, within just eight months her lingerie brand was stocked by Next,” Nick told the publication. However, he fretted: “You just get people being properly vile. So you understand when she goes, “I don’t know if I want to be around this.'”
Nick revealed that he hadn’t tried to change her mind during the “occasional” moments when she asked herself whether it was worth sticking with the relationship. Revealing that he “understands” her struggles, he added that their bond has survived against the odds as “in the end we love each other very much”.
The pair have been inseparable at various red carpet ceremonies, while Katie revealed to that her famous partner had a “Peter Pan complex” and acts like “a teenage boy”. They first met through their children, with Katie’s daughters taking a shine to Nick’s son at a play area.
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Nick Knowles’ fiancée Katie Dadzie is a lingerie entrepreneur (Image: INSTAGRAM)
Nick and Katie have since gone into business together, becoming co-directors of the lingerie and sex toy company Boa Boa.
She admitted she didn’t initially like him very much, as he bombarded her with conversation while their kids played together.
“I’m very shy and quiet, while Nick is quite extroverted and a complete chatterbox. He didn’t give me a lot of opportunity to talk,” she explained in the aforementioned publication.
However, she added: “When we were both single we went for coffee and he let me talk, eventually, and we had a lot in common.”
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Nick Knowles on the dancefloor with Strictly pro Luba Mushtuk (Image: BBC)
The pair have a shared interest in cooking and history, while she sees herself as more mature than her age and Nick as younger than his years, meaning they complement each other’s personalities.
Fast forward to the present day and Katie is receiving “racist” slurs and claims that she is a “gold-digger” via her account.
However, Nick’s determined not to be deterred, telling : “You have to be brave. You can’t let previous difficulties stop you falling in love, because you close yourself off to the possibility of being happy.”
Meanwhile, Nick returns to on Saturday for a second week of live shows with his pro partner Luba Mushtuk, after beating an arm injury.
, after and he had to resort to “crawling” to his car.