Danny Cipriani appears to have found love with a mental health campaigner, after the brunette beauty shared romantic snapshots of the pair on Instagram.
The 32-year-old sportsman’s commitments for Gloucester Rugby Club have him based in Cheltenham, while his love interest Victoria lives in Kent – but they’ve been seen posing together for a series of photographs, shared on Victoria’s account.
A source told The Mirror: ‘Danny has really got a spring in his step and it’s down to Victoria. She has put the smile back on his face. It’s still early days but they are enjoying spending time together under the lockdown.’
Romance: Danny Cipriani appears to have found love with mental health campaigner Victoria, after the brunette beauty shared romantic snapshots of the pair on Instagram
Confirming a romantic connection, the pair are often seen commenting on each other’s posts, primarily expressing themselves via heart emojis.
As well as spending time with Danny, Victoria also works with the It’s OK campaign, which encourages people to feel comfortable discussing their mental health.
She also has showbiz connections of her own, as she has shared several images of herself enjoying nights out with Kerry Katona.
MailOnline has contacted a representative for Danny Cipriani for comment.
Love: Victoria has shared a number of loved-up snaps of the pair over the past several days
Comments: The pair haven’t been shy about leaving messages for each other on their accounts
The star was in a public and high-profile relationship with model Kelly Brook between 2008 and 2010.
He then dated actress Lindsay Lohan in 2010, and Katie Price in 2011. His other former flames include Kirsty Gallacher and Caroline Flack, who tragically took her own life in February.
In reaction to the former Love Island presenter’s passing, rugby ace Danny took to Instagram to share the last messages he shared with the popular TV personality.
In the messages, he reveals that she called him ‘black dot’ and that he spoke to her about ‘working in an industry that doesn’t suit him’ and she spoke about ‘the court case coming up.’
Mental health: As well as spending time with Danny, Victoria also works with the It’s OK campaign, which encourages people to feel comfortable discussing their mental health
Danny also wrote in the caption that he planned to quit social media for one month as he attempted to come to terms with his grief over the death of his close friend.
The rugby player, who has been open about his own mental health struggles, paid tribute to the ‘kind beyond belief’ late television presenter via his Instagram page.
He revealed Caroline called him ‘black dot’ because he had changed his WhatsApp profile to a black dot because he felt he couldn’t trust people in his contacts.
He penned: ‘Black dot. Before I start. This is my grieving process. Which is talking. A lot. Which my friends and family and teammates have had to take this last 10 days because I’m grieving.
‘And I’m grieving hard. Hence I’m talking a lot. I’m not sure I’d be strong enough if I didn’t understand or see myself in her. Pain is pain. It doesn’t matter if you’ve lost a cat. Or been called a name. No ones pain is worse or less.
Showbiz connections: She also has showbiz connections of her own, as she has shared several images of herself enjoying nights out with Kerry Katona
To Dyer for: On one of their nights out, the friends posed for a snapshot with actor Danny Dyer
‘Because it is individual to them and how they take it. So… Black dot. If you judge the first pic you see a black dot. But i didn’t really know what she meant when she called me black dot. Until her best friend told me on Sunday last week.
‘”She used to call you black dot, now i know, your WhatsApp pic is a black dot” – so i changed my WhatsApp pic to a black dot about 5 months ago because i felt there were people who had my number who i couldn’t trust.
‘Ultimately I would have let them into my life. So ultimately I would have to ask myself why. Anyway. This story is about the beauty she found in a situation i found uncomfortable.
‘”I’m just talking to black dot” she would say. She was kind beyond belief. And she would think i am crazy doing all this. But i know she would be proud. I’m taking lent off social media. Thank you all for the kind messages.
The ex factor: Among Danny’s former flames are brunettes (L-R) Kelly Brook and Katie Price
‘And all the lovely response. Thank you for the bad response. It’s my story. And i did it for me. Then her – she wasn’t allowed to talk to her BF throughout the case because of the law. He wanted the charges dropped. They wanted to pursue.
‘I am not pointing fingers. The CPS and police do a good job. Just saying we can’t always do a good job. This is my grieving process.
‘Our greatest strength is our greatest weakness ❤️ ps – I was shown how to disable comments. So I’m going to do so on this post.
‘Because it’s for me and my grieving process. But in a month i will be back on social because that’s 2020 and this is me navigating my way through life.’
Tragic: He had also dated TV star Caroline Flack, who tragically took her own life in February