ITV Dancing On Ice Claire Sweeney supports Ricky Hatton after special personal update
Claire Sweeney showed her support after Ricky Hatton shared a special update. The two found love this time last year when they both competed on Dancing On Ice.
Coronation Street star Claire confirmed she split with the boxing legend in December, but the former couple remain on positive terms. Walton-born star Claire has shown there is no animosity between the two as she reacted with a show of support after Hatton's latest post.
The former Welterweight champion issued a message to his son, Campbell Hatton, to mark his 24th birthday. He said: "Happy birthday to best son @campbellhatton a father could have.
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"All the best son. Love dad." Claire was one of almost 5,000 followers to have liked the post. Hatton's son has followed in his footsteps as he is forging an impressive career in the world of professional boxing.
The 23-year-old fights in the Lightweight division and has wracked up 14 wins and two losses in his professional career so far. Scouse boxer Stephen Smith was one of many followers to issue a message support in the comments. He said: "Happy birthday champ. Have a good one mate."
Claire is excited to see what 2025 as she hopes to build on the whirlwind past 12 months. She told the ECHO in an exclusive interview: "I thought I'd had the better days of my career, so to have a year like this, I just feel so grateful and blessed. What a year."
The Scouser first shot to stardom as Lindsey Corkhill in Brookside in 1991 and has adopted a different approach for her second stab at soap fame. She said: "When you're younger, your looking ahead all the time and thinking what can I do next.
"After getting another bite of the cherry when I was 52, every day I live in the moment now and every day I'm grateful. I've done loads of brilliant things in my career and now I'm living in the moment."
The soap star has established herself as an important character in Corrie as Cassandra Plummer and is currently embroiled in a major storyline after she poisoned Ken Barlow. Claire revealed her current contract with the ITV show is set to end in June, but she is loving the part and fans can expect many more twists along the way before this point.
She said: "It's part of history being in this show and I feel very honoured to be part of Corrie. I get all the flirtation stuff with Steve McDonald, I get to scrap with Tracy Barlow and poison a national treasure.
"There's not a dull moment and I'm so grateful for these brilliant storylines. All I can say is [the poisoning storyline] is not what it seems. It's not as black and white as it seems. She adores [Ken] so there's a method behind her madness."