At 28, Len Goodman married Cherry Kingston, his dance partner. As written in his 2008 memoir “Better Late Than Never: From Barrow Boy to Ballroom” (via the Daily Mail), the union came to a bitter halt and “ended in tears,” with Goodman admitting, “And it wasn’t as if I hadn’t been warned.” For starters, Goodman’s father delivered a parable on incompatibility when the future star announced his intention to marry. Then, his father had a heart attack, which warranted surgery, just a couple of weeks before the nuptials. Although shelving the wedding for his dad’s health was a valid option, the couple’s plans reigned supreme.
Next, they showed up to rehearsals, only to discover that no announcement of the wedding day had been made prior, per church protocol. As if last-minute scraping wasn’t taxing enough, the reception venue had unexpected news: its kitchen had been set ablaze. On the big day itself, Goodman had to leave his guests mid-ceremony to attend to his dad’s medical emergency.
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Years later, Goodman learned that although he and Kingston shared a love for dancing, it wasn’t enough. She allegedly cheated with an acquaintance, and while she was on a Parisian trip with the man in question, Goodman unceremoniously moved her out. “Over the next two days, I took everything of Cherry’s that I could possibly think of — all of her clothes, jewelry, records, a nest of tables her mother had given her, and laid everything out neatly on her mother’s front lawn,” Goodman wrote. Before long, the former lovebirds’ divorce process began.
