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Helen Skelton may have had her confidence shaken in her marriage split but she showed dazzling form on the opening show – and pro partner Gorka Marquez is urging her to “believe she can do it”. The Countryfile presenter, 38, was devastated earlier this year when husband of eight years Richie Myler ended their relationship. And then, in the week she made her Strictly debut, the rugby league player referred to his new girlfriend as his “family”.

Helen Skelton has remained relatively silent since her split from her estranged husband Richie Myler - who is now reportedly said to be dating Stephanie Thirkhill, the daughter of the club's President Andrew Thirkhill. Since announcing their separation, the 38 year old has continued to put on a brave face as she made her first red carpet debut, and has even been "tipped for Strictly Come Dancing".

Helen Skelton has been unfollowed by her estranged husband Richie Myler on her social media.The Countryfile star announced her partner of eight years and father to her three children had left their family home last month.The presenter shared the sad news that she and Richie had decided to call it quits on their marriage only four months after welcoming their daughter Elsie Kate in December. Richie, 31, has remained relatively silent on the reasons behind their split, but has made the decision to unfollow his wife.

Helen Skelton may be best known as a Blue Peter presenter or fronting Countryfile but she could be set to take to the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom.The 38-year-old appeared on the Christmas Special back in 2012 alongside professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev, with the pair scoring an impressive 37 out of 40.It comes just weeks after Helen confirmed her eight-year marriage to Richie Myler had come to an end, with reports suggesting Richie has moved on with the daughter of Leeds Rhino's president, Andrew Thirkhill.Now, a decade on from her brief stint, the presenter has hinted that should the call come through, it would be incredibly difficult to not sign on the dotted line.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star, Helen previously said: "It's one of those shows I think that is such a, you know, in terms of a telly gig, it’s the biggest and the best."[It has] a fantastic makeup team, a fantastic costume team and a fantastic lighting team."The mum-of-two added: "I think anybody who works in telly would find it very difficult how to say no to it."While many Brits will have hailed Helen as their inspiration growing up having seen her embark on several gruelling Blue Peter tasks, she explained she "wrestles" with the term of being hailed an inspiration.Helen explained: "I think my job has always been to entertain and inform."You know, that's the kind of motto of Blue Peter and that was my first big network show, so I kind of always stick with that and I'm very lucky that I've worked with some really good fun programmes and projects and informing and entertaining is what it's all about."I think people are so emotive and have been engaged in environmental issues, that It wouldn't have been my ambition to tell people what they