Kevin Clifton had a huge smile on his face when he was spotted for the first time since his relationship with Stacey Dooley emerged.
Despite once saying he'd never date one of his celebrity partners, the Strictly Come Dancing star's romance with Stacey was been exposed.
Following her split from personal trainer Sam Tucknott, Stacey's ex has claimed something was going on between her and Kevin.
The dancer, who is separated from his wife, fellow Strictly star Karen Clifton, has been accused of "stealing" Stacey away from Sam, but she reportedly texted her ex insisting she and Kevin only started their relationship after they had split up in December.
Kevin Clifton insisted he'd NEVER date a Strictly celeb - whilst secretly 'wooing' Stacey Dooley
As Kevin was seen yesterday, for the first time since the news broke, he looked happy and relaxed.
He was dressed casually in jeans, a grey jumper and a navy blue jacket and cap.
But what was he really thinking?
Here's what body language expert and author Judi James sees in Kevin...
Interesting and intriguing to see the complete body language re-edit here from the lovably boy-next-door Kevin we see twirling around the floor on Strictly and this confident, rather self-satisfied, bloke-ish look today.
Kevin’s signature facial expression involves either the kind of wide rounded eyes that we associate with openness and even innocence, or crescent-shaped eyes with puckered brows that hint at modesty and even shyness.
His smile is usually winningly boyish: either wide with a display of teeth or with his lips closed but pursed slightly in the middle to again suggest a degree of shyness. Here though, we’re being shown a different array of emotions.
Kevin’s hand is held shoulder-high with the palm flat and turned out and the fingers splayed. This gesture looks like a ‘hail’ of acknowledgment to the cameras rather than a friendly greeting, and the flattened, out-turned palm makes it look like a partial ‘stop’ gesture.
Stacey Dooley blasts ex as 'useless and messy' weeks before falling for Kevin Clifton
The peaked cap does suggest it was worn as an intention to hide from the cameras but in reality Kevin’s chin is raised to signal he’s actually more than happy with the press attention and even thrust forward in a gesture of confidence and resolve.
His eye contact is very direct here and the closed-lip smile involves lips that are stretched and upturned at the corners, producing an expression that we normally see as looking smug or defiant.
This is a much more tough-guy, alpha look that we normally get with the boyish version of Kevin.
His chest is splayed and one hand is slung into his pocket and that chin is still thrust out slightly to suggest resolve.
He’s sucked his lips in here, which can be a signal of regret, but his eyes are staring straight forward rather than looking down in the kind of cut-off gesture that would have hinted at any desire to mask or hide away.
Do you have a story to sell? Get in touch with us at webcelebs@trinitymirror.com or call us direct 0207 29 33033
