Coronation Street’s Katie McGlynn and Ricky Rayment announced their relationship on official Instagram on Wednesday.
The former soap star, 30, played Sinead Tinker in the ITV soap until 2019, while former TOWIE star Ricky, 33, starred in the reality show 2012 until 2015.
Taking to Instagram on Valentine’s Day, the loved-up duo announced their romance in a joint post, sharing a series of snaps together.
Katie and Ricky sealed the deal with a sweet kiss in one snap, while in another they enjoyed a romantic midnight soak in a jacuzzi.
Captioning the post, they both wrote: “Every day is like Valentine’s Day with you” #valentinesday.
Coronation Street’s Katie McGlynn, 30, confirmed that she and Ricky Rayment, 33, are in a relationship when the new couple went Instagram official on Wednesday.
Taking to Instagram on Valentine’s Day, the loved-up duo announced their romance in a joint post, sharing a slew of snaps together.
In photographs obtained by Sun On Tuesday, the new couple were seen holding hands as they enjoyed a shopping trip in Essex.
Katie, who lives in Manchester, has been dating Ricky for the last four months with aOne onlooker told the publication: “They looked a lot like boyfriend and girlfriend.”
“They were holding hands, laughing and even gave each other a kiss as they walked among other Saturday afternoon shoppers.”
They added: ‘We saw them when they were leaving the Chocolat Hotel. Ricky must have bought Katie an early Valentine’s Day gift since she was carrying a bag from there. They seemed very happy together.’
Ricky was previously engaged to Geordie Shore’s Marnie Simpson, who has since married her new boyfriend Casey Johnson.
they were They got engaged to the Geordie Shore star after just four months of dating in 2015, but their whirlwind romance came to an end two months later.
Marnie has since moved on with X Factor star Casey and the couple share son Rox, three, and two-year-old Oax.
During his time on reality TV, he dated Jess Wright, but they split after two years of dating in 2014, before dating Marnie for six months.
The former soap star played Sinead Tinker in the ITV soap until 2019, while former TOWIE star Ricky starred in the reality show from 2012 to 2015.
Captioning the post, they both wrote: “Every day is like Valentine’s Day with you #valentinesday.”
In photographs obtained by The Sun on Tuesday, the new couple are seen holding hands as they enjoyed a shopping trip in Essex.
Katie, who lives in Manchester, has been dating Ricky for the past four months and one viewer told the publication: “They looked a lot like girlfriend and boyfriend.”
Following her split from Ricky, Marnie revealed how the former TOWIE boy lashed out at her after she decided to call off the engagement, allegedly calling her a “slag about 5,000 times”.
She said: ‘When we broke up he called me every name under the sun and called me scum about 5,000 times. He told me that he always thought those things.
Marnie explained that the reason behind the decision to cancel the wedding, which they wanted to host in 2016, was because the former ITVBe star claimed they spent “too much time together” despite living on opposite ends of the country.
Ricky was previously engaged to Geordie Shore’s Marnie Simpson, who has since married her new boyfriend Casey Johnson (pictured together in 2015).
Katie, who lives in Manchester, played Sinead Tinker in Coronation Street until 2019 (pictured in the soap in 2018)
Ricky later spoke about the affair, saying: “She would get really drunk and then in my mind I’d think, ‘fuck, she could be doing anything.'”
“She seems to think it’s okay to make out with her peers.” But in a way it’s like cheating. I didn’t like her very much when she came out.
Marnie has been in a relationship with singer Casey since 2017, and met on the set of MTV reality dating show Single AF.
She is said to be very happy after her big day on Wednesday and tells OK!: “We’re finally married, we’re over the moon!”
The couple were forced to postpone their 2021 nuptials due to current Covid restrictions, before walking down the aisle in March 2023.