‘We’ve put a pin in it!’ Countdown star Rachel Riley has no time for romance with Pasha Kovalev

ICONINSIDER — Rachel Riley has no time for romance with her husband Pasha Kovalev.
The ‘Countdown’ star, 37, tied the knot with ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional Pasha, 43, in 2019, years after they competed together on the BBC One ballroom competition in 2013 and now has Maven, three, and 17-month-old Noa with him but explained that they have had to “put a pin” in the idea of date nights because of how busy they are as parents.
She told The Sunday Mirror newspaper: “All the romance and dates… we just kind of put a pin in it. We’re both quite patient and we know that once Noa is off the boob, we’ll get there again.”
Rachel went on to explain that she is instead “looking forward” to her milestone 40th birthday in 2026 because by that time the children will be a bit older and is thinking about all the “big parties” she and her schoolfriends will have.
She added: “I’m looking forward to celebrating one of my friends turning 40 at the end of the year. She’s the one stepping into the unknown but with all my school friends, in a few years it will be 40, 40, 40… I’m looking forward to the parties. We were all saving up ahead of our 30ths to go to Vegas. Everyone put it in their diaries – then everyone got pregnant, so we couldn’t go.
“But by 40, the kids are going to be a bit bigger. Maybe we can all get a house together, chuck the kids in the middle and leave the boys to look after them. But I’m not thinking about 40 in terms of, ‘Oh, that’s a big number’. I’m just thinking of how we’re going to party.

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