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Katie Fitzpatrick

Former Coronation Street star declares her love for Britain's Got Talent rapper

Former Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote and rapper Kris Evans have melted hearts after going public.

Smitten Kris, from Alkrington, shared a loved-up photo of himself smiling as Georgia cuddled up to her man and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Me and my worldie," he captioned the photo.

And Georgia, who played Katy Armstrong in Corrie, replied: "This just made me go all funny inside. I love you."

"GO ON BABBY," one follower said.

And another tweeted about the snap: "Aww."

Georgia, 28, appeared to confirmed her romance with Kris, also 28, last November at the MTV Staying Alive Foundation charity fundraiser hosted by Naked Beach star Jsky at city centre bar Impossible in Manchester.

The former Strictly Come Dancing finalist, who split from model George Alsford in January 2018, was among the guests watching as Kris performed.

After leaving Corrie, Georgia was a finalist on the 2015 series of Strictly and she broke up with Sean Ward, who played Callum Logan in the soap, after her time on the BBC One dance show.

Georgia May Foote (Getty Images)

She then went on to date her professional dance partner Giovanni Pernice but they split the following summer.

At the end of last year she shared a moving post on her Instagram about her battle with anxiety with the aim of helping others.

She told her followers that at one point "making it to Christmas seemed impossible."

Georgia, who played Katy in Corrie from 2000 to 2015, said: "I never knew that i could have such a cheesy smile.

"At one point thinking of myself being happy or even making it to Christmas seemed impossible. But I am here and happy. And I am extremely proud of myself."

Kris is a former member of boyband The Mend, who were finalists on Britain’s Got Talent  in 2012.

The band were defeated in the final of the ITV talent contest by cute dancing dog Pudsey after they were chosen as the show’s first wild card act.

Georgia as Katy with son Joseph and her ex Chesney Brown in Coronation Street (ITV)

The Mend, formed in Manchester by ex-Take That manager Nigel Martin-Smith in 2008, moved to America in the hope of making it big in the States, working with Michael Jackson's vocal coach and performing at the rock and roll nightclub Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, where the likes of Guns N' Roses and The Doors have performed. They split in 2016.

Fellow member Jay Kontzle now plays Billy Fletcher in Emmerdale.

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