{"id":874560,"date":"2025-09-21T01:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/inside-molly-rainford-and-tyler-wests-relationship-after-strictly-couple-get-engaged\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T01:13:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:13:23","slug":"inside-molly-rainford-and-tyler-wests-relationship-after-strictly-couple-get-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/inside-molly-rainford-and-tyler-wests-relationship-after-strictly-couple-get-engaged\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Molly Rainford and Tyler West\u2019s relationship after Strictly couple get engaged"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Strictly stars Tyler West and Molly Rainford have got engaged (Picture: Dave Bennett)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former\u00a0Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> contestants Molly Rainford<\/a> and Tyler West<\/a>\u00a0have announced their engagement.<\/p>\n

KISS DJ Tyler, 29 and the EastEnders star, 24, revealed the news on social media, sharing romantic footage of their Mykonos holiday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a clip, Tyler can be seen getting down on one knee before saying: \u2018I am hoping you would like to continue making me the luckiest man on earth like you do every single day. So baby, will you marry me?\u2019<\/p>\n

Following their post on Instagram<\/a>, several celebrities responded beneath, praising the couple.<\/p>\n

Former Strictly star Ellie Taylor wrote: \u2018OH BABIES!!! Yessss!!!!! Beautiful!!!!!! Huge congratulations!!!!!\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, JLS star Marvin Humes also said: \u2018Wow\u2026 this is a lot couldn\u2019t be happier for two incredible people who are just perfect for eachother. I\u2019m SO happy!!! Ah man this has made my night congrats family.\u2019<\/p>\n

But, taking a look at when they first met and how they started dating, here is a deep dive into their relationship timeline.<\/p>\n

When did Molly Rainford and Tyler West start dating?<\/h2>\n

The pair first met during the 2022 series of Strictly, when Molly was partnered with Carlos Gu and Tyler with Dianne Buswell.<\/p>\n

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The couple first met on Strictly back in 2022 (Picture: Ian West\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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They began dating during the live tour of the show (Picture: Instagram mollyrainford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following that, their relationship started to go to the next level during the Strictly Live Tour in early January 2023.<\/p>\n

Tyler has previously revealed how he took the plunge and asked Molly out on a date during the live tour.<\/p>\n

He told Hello! magazine: \u2018We snuck out the back of the hotel [and] went to a chicken spot. We had rum punch and spoke for hours.\u2019<\/p>\n

Following that, the pair announced their relationship publicly in March 2023 in a playful TikTok.<\/p>\n

When did Molly Rainford and Tyler West get engaged?<\/h2>\n

Tyler proposed to Molly on August 10 on a beautiful sunset clifftop in Mykonos, Greece.<\/p>\n

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The couple shared their romantic proposal in a post on social media (Picture: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Numerous celebrities responded beneath their post praising the news (Picture: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Molly believed she was taking part in a sunset photoshoot during their romantic getaway.<\/p>\n

However, much to her surprise, Tyler could be seen getting down on one knee to pop the question.<\/p>\n

The pair shared the moment to their followers on Instagram, writing the caption: \u2018Found our forever [heart emoji] 10.8.2025.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Former Strictly stars Tyler West and Molly Rainford have got engaged (Picture: Dave Bennett) Former\u00a0Strictly Come Dancing contestants Molly Rainford and Tyler West\u00a0have announced their engagement. KISS DJ Tyler, 29 and the EastEnders star, 24, revealed the news on social media, sharing romantic footage of their Mykonos holiday. In a clip, Tyler can be seen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,32925],"tags":[5968,9154],"class_list":{"0":"post-874560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-inside","8":"category-molly","9":"tag-inside","10":"tag-molly"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}