Helen Skelton’s ex Richie puts on united front with pregnant partner

Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton’s ex husband Richie Myler, 32, was pictured embracing his pregnant girlfriend Stephanie Thirkill, 32, after enjoying the Ireland Vs Lebanon rugby game on Sunday. Professional rugby player Richie was playing at Leigh Stadium in Lancashire.  (Image: JOHN MATHER/GETTY)Richie was seen meeting up with his friends at Legends Bar in the stadium after the game, before he returned to his teammates. The sports star wore a black and grey hoodie over his green shirt and some black trousers.Stephanie, who kept it casual in a white puffer jacket and baggy black trousers, was spotted leaving with a friend to go back to Yorkshire. The couple’s rare public sighting comes after Richie’s ex Helen, 39, announced her husband had ‘left the family home’ four months after giving birth to their third child back in April. Strictly viewers recently saw Helen’s Strictly partner Gorka Marquez addressing her “difficult time” on air in the aftermath of Richie and Stephanie’s baby news. The Leeds Rhinos rugby player held his new partner close as they embraced after the Ireland Vs Lebanon game. (Image: JOHN MATHER ) Stephanie, who is the daughter of Leeds Rhinos president Andrew Thirkill, kept cosy in a white puffer jacket, while Richie donned a black and grey hoodie. (Image: JOHN MATHER) The couple will be welcoming their first child together, although Richie is already a father of three.  (Image: GETTY) The Strictly Come Dancing contestant announced they were splitting back in April this year.  (Image: GETTY) The pair married in 2013, and share Ernie, seven, Louis, five and 10-month-old Elsie Kate. (Image: GETTY) The star described how Helen was going through a ‘difficult time’ and said she had been made to feel ‘not beautiful’ and ‘not good enough’.  (Image: BBC)