CORONATION Street star Chris Quinten’s 21-year-old stripper fiance used to date Mike Thalassitis.
The Sun Online revealed yesterday that the Brian Tilsey actor, 61, proposed to Robyn Delabarre on her birthday – but he isn’t her first famous boyfriend.
Robyn was with reality star Mike, who killed himself in March, at the height of his Love Island fame in 2017.
She fell for him after he protected her when three female fans tried to storm their London hotel room when they were about to have sex.
Robyn told The Sun at the time how the girls, who she knew from school, only left after the police arrived at 3.45am – saying she and Mike were “a bit shaken” but still made love twice.
Robyn said: “We started kissing, and were about to have sex when the girls started banging on the door.
“They called me ‘slag’. Mike locked me in the bathroom and went to the door but they barged in and tried to bang down the bathroom door. It was scary.”
She added: “I felt like I had known him for ages. The sex was really good. I have really fallen for him.”
London’s Metropolitan Police said at the time: “Officers attended the hotel. There were no arrests.”
Mike and Robyn continued to date even after he returned to the Love Island villa for a second stint later that series.
She posted a moving tribute to the star when his death was announced in March, writing: “Heartbroken , you was such a lovely boy .”
Sharing a picture of them together, Robyn wrote: “Literally sat and cried.
“God we had some drama but you was such a lovely boy and had my back that whole night when it happened and continued to check up on me.”
She concluded: “I can’t believe your gone .”
Robyn and former soap star Chris had kept their romance under wraps before going public at the West London branch of Secrets where Robyn works as a dancer and Chris is manager.
He surprised Robyn with a special 21st birthday party before gathering all their friends and popping the question on camera.
Chris is heard saying: “Robyn, marry me” before she screams: “Yes!”
The former soap star then whisked Robyn off for a romantic break in Mykonos to celebrate their engagement.
She gushed: “My husband to be! It’s been a CRAZY 7 months a secret we had to keep because of our jobs but you have made me the happiest girl alive.
“You’re amazing to me. I’m so lucky to have you in my life. I’m so glad you’re mine, I love you and I couldn’t care less what anyone has to say.
“I love you with all my heart. Thank you for doing everything you do for me Chris.”
Chris was one of Corrie’s biggest stars in the 80s where he played Gail’s husband Brian after arriving on the cobbles in 1978.
However, he got jettisoned from the ITV soap when Brian was killed off in a brutal stabbing in 1989.
He had asked producers to make him a part-time character so he could move to America to marry his first wife, the US talk show host Leeze Gibbons, but they rejected his offer.
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