Jay McGuiness: Aliona Vilani is now my best friend – we talk about every single thing

Best friends: Jay McGuiness and Aliona Vilani have a strong bond after Strictly
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Jennifer Ruby21 December 2015
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Jay McGuiness has opened up about his relationship with Strictly partner Aliona Vilani, dubbing her his ‘best friend.’

The Wanted star, 25, who lifted the Glitterball Trophy on Saturday night’s show, has said that the pair discuss ‘every single thing.’

Despite constant rumours that they are more than friends, McGuiness has insisted that you have to ‘create romance’ when you dance with someone.

Speaking to Lorraine, he said: “When you dance with someone you have to create romance sometimes and people then want to see that almost.

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“But a lot of the time the papers create it and that sort of thing, but I think no matter what I say people will write whatever they want to write. “

He added: “We did something that so few people do together, I genuinely will treasure it forever.

“Honestly, you spend that many hours together you talk about every single thing, like the most trivial and the most pretentious, literally everything.

“No matter what happens you get a best friend out of Strictly.”

The pair were crowned the winners of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing, despite being bottom of the leaderboard during the final.

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