Strictly's Nikita Kuzmin's home with girlfriend Lauren Jaine - adorable pets to unexpected hobby
While we've been used to seeing Nikita Kuzminon our screens evert Saturday night, he has opted to keep his home life largely out of the spotlight. Nikita's social media feed focuses mainly on his life in the training room. But with Nikita and partner Team GB hockey player Sam Quek. being voted off the show last week, Nikita might have a little more time to spend in his stylish apartment.
Nikita shares his London flat with his adorable cats and while his girlfriend, model Lauren Jaine, has featured in several pictures taken there, it's not clear if the couple live together. If she doesn't, the Nikita has plenty of company, his best friends are his adorable cats Leo and Bagheera. And at one point recently, he even had a whole brood of cute kittens as well.
The stylish flat has a balcony where Nikita works out and no doubt catches some rays in what is most definitely a sun trap.
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Inside the apartment, there are comfy grey sofas to relax on and a sleek white high-gloss kitchen where the fit and healthy star produces his nutritious meals to keep him fuelled after gruelling days in the rehearsal room.
However, Nikita's not the only one who interested in food. Nikita posted him Lauren enjoying a delicious looking plate of pasta in the flat's dining area – a meal which one of his cats seemed quite keen on.
One interesting feature of the flat, which also has an upstairs, is a giant wall clock, with each number on the dial represented by a different style of number on a picture hanging on the wall. And at Christmas, a giant tree take pride of place in the living room. Nikita also plays the guitar as a hobby to relax in his own space..
Having been raised in Ukraine, Nikita Kuzmin moved from his home in Germany to the UK in 2021 to compete in Strictly Come Dancing and he has made his London flat a home.
However, the 26-year-old professional dancer has previously reflected on his upbringing in Kyiv. In an interview on The One Show he revealed that his grandmother escaped Ukraine amid the Russian conflict. "It is exactly when it hits you home when you start to see the streets in which you have been walking which you grew up, where all your childhood was, right now being destroyed, bombed and it is honestly just heart-breaking," he said.
Last Saturday's episode saw Nikita and Sam face Montell Douglas, the Olympian best known for starring as Fire in Gladiators, in a dance-off to decide their fate. Despite two impressive performances, the judges had to send one couple home and voted unanimously to save Montell. The decision left some fans furious, declaring that the decision marked the end of their viewing of Strictly this year.
