The Dancing With The Stars champion wants to focus on herself amid a busy year, and dismissed theories that she was seeing her professional dance partner Leonardo Lini
Katelyn Cummins(Image: @kkatelyncummins / Instagram)
Katelyn Cummins says she is “not in a position” to date anyone after a whirlwind year.
The Dancing With The Stars champion, who was also crowned Rose of Tralee last year, said she was seeing someone earlier this year, but is now “focusing on herself” instead.
While taking part in the hit RTE show at the top of the year, some fans theorised that Katelyn and her professional dance partner Leonardo Lini were an item.
But the Laois native insisted this was never the case as they were both off the market at the time.
Katelyn said: “I was actually with someone during the show, and he has a partner as well, so it was a pure friendship throughout the whole thing.
“A lot of people have asked that since the show, you know, ‘Were you together?’.
“We were like no, we were literally just really good friends who created such a good relationship.”
21-year-old Katelyn is now single and has no intentions to get back on the dating scene any time soon.
“I feel like I’m not really in a position to be in a relationship at the moment because I’m so busy,” she told Goss.ie.
“I’m focusing a lot on myself, but I’ve also learned so much about myself this year that my self-confidence has grown enormously.”
Katelyn, who, outside of her public profile, is an apprentice electrician, says she is not an “average 21-year-old” since winning the Rose of Tralee last summer.
She said: “I’m a lot more mature in those aspects of life, and I’m just focusing on myself at the moment and seeing what opportunities lie ahead for me and my own future.
“This year is so hectic as it is that I’m trying to make sure that I stay healthy and stay looking after myself, and I didn’t want anything to jeopardise that.”
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