Stacey Dooley has broken her silencer after her former boyfriend claimed she had dumped him for her dance partner Kevin Clifton. The Strictly Come Dancing winner, 32, took to social media on Sunday as she 'liked' a Twitter post about forgiveness. The subtle action comes a day after her boyfriend of five years Sam Tucknott, 30, branded Kevin a 'snake' and a 'rat' for sending flirty text messages to his ex. Dancing partners: Stacey Dooley broke her silence following the revelation she is dating Kevin Clifton by taking to social media and liking a social media post about forgiveness Taking to Twitter following the explosive interview Sam gave with the Mail on Sunday, Stacey decided to respond by liking a tweet about forgiveness. The tweet read: 'Forgive not because they deserve forgiveness but because you deserve peace.' It comes a day after Sam revealed he had confronted Kevin about his relationship with Stacey during a furious FaceTime call. He told the Mail on Sunday: 'He went white. I just stuck it on him, 'You're an absolute rat. How you conducted yourself. Just a slippery, slimy snake.' He didn't say a word. He looked petrified. He looked so shocked.' Forgive: Stacey took to Twitter to like a post that read: 'Forgive not because they deserve forgiveness but because you deserve peace' Hurt: Stacey's ex boyfriend of five years Sam Tucknott, 30, branded Kevin a 'snake' and a 'rat' for sending flirty text messages to Stacey Snake: The personal trainer said he confronted Kevin during a FaceTime call after he discovered flirty text messages sent to his ex 'I am so respectful of [Stacey], but I am gutted and I am disappointed and I feel so let down that she did not have the respect for me to tell me and just come clean.' The fitness fanatic said Kevin - who he referred to as his 'best mate' - has since refused to meet and discuss the relationship 'man-to-man'. He said: 'To have that relationship where you are best buddies, but then you start going cold because you start fancying their girlfriend – I hold no respect for him whatsoever. 'He has gone from my best mate wanting to know the ins and outs of what I am up to and then he can't even go out of his way to reply. That's come from guilt.' Old times: Sam said Kevin - who he referred to as his 'best mate' - has since refused to meet and discuss the relationship 'man-to-man' Intense: And Sam, who split from Stacey after a five-year relationship in March, blames the match on the intensive hours Kevin and the journalist spent together on Strictly During the interview, Sam, who split from Stacey after a five-year relationship in March, blamed the potential match on the intensive hours Kevin and the journalist spent together on Strictly. He said all was well in their relationship until mid-November - when Stacey and Kevin were performing in Strictly Come Dancing - and he noticed flirty text messages from the dancer. Sam said a message Stacey received from Kevin one Sunday morning read 'I love dancing with you and spending every minute I can with you'. The personal trainer said: 'Maybe I was too naive. Looking back now all the signs were there that I had lost Stacey, but I kept thinking we had done the hardest bit. Split: Sam said all was well in their relationship until Stacey and Kevin began performing in Strictly Come Dancing Happier times: Sam said a message Stacey received from Kevin one Sunday morning read 'I love dancing with you and spending every minute I can with you' 'I had proved to her for five years that I could cope with her going away for long periods of time because the love I have for her is unconditional.' But by the end of March, the couple had made arrangements to separate and for Stacey to move out of their Brighton home. It was then that Sam discovered a text message from Kevin which he said confirmed to him that they were in a relationship - and he decided to confront the dancer. Former flame: By the end of March, the couple had made arrangements to separate and move out of their Brighton home He told the Sun: 'Her phone went and it was Kevin Clifton — 'I love you' with a red love heart.' Kevin - who won Strictly with Stacey last year - split from his third wife and co-star Karen in March 2018. Competing on Strictly requires hard work and often draws competitors away from their families, creating rifts between loved ones. This phenomenon is known as the Strictly curse and has led to several divorces and breakups. A series of couples have fallen victim to the curse since the show's inception in 2004, including Natasha Kaplinsky, Ben Cohen, Louise and Jamie Redknapp, and more recently Neil and Katya Jones. The show is also responsible for forming new romances, with lovebirds Giovanni Pernice and Ashley Roberts and Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell embarking on romances following the 2018 series/ Victim: A series of couples have fallen victim to the curse since the show's inception in 2004, including Natasha Kaplinsky, Ben Cohen, Louise and Jamie Redknapp Love: The show is also responsible for forming new romances, with lovebirds Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell embarking on romances following the 2018 series All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility