Kym Marsh determined to ignore backlash over her age-gap romance as she 'takes things slowly' with new love

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Former Corrie star Kym Marsh was furious after she found herself facing intense backlash, after announcing that she had found love again, with a much younger actor.Kym, 48, subsequently turned off the comments section on an Instagram post she shared smooching her new boyfriend Samuel Thomas, 29, after the fan backlash became too much for her to handle.The actress declared that she had “met the most amazing man ever” as she captioned the loved-up snap, “Sometimes the most unexpected things happen at the most unexpected times,” before calling the theatre star her “soul mate.”The mum-of-three was hit with various cruel comments under her happy post about her relationship with her 101 Dalmatians: The Musical co-star, with some saying he looked ‘young enough to be her son.’ and she had already claimed to have found a ‘soul mate’ many times before now.

But our source added that the happy couple are ignoring all the negativity surrounding their shock announcement. “They’re not taking any notice of the backlash - they’ve had so much positivity, too.

And they’re just excited to see what happens.”Kym and Samuel met while starring in the UK and Ireland tour of the hit musical inspired by the popular Disney film, with Kym in the role of Cruella de Vil and Samuel as Tom Dearly.And despite the backlash, a source close to Kym claims that the new loved-up couple are both “really happy” together, with the star’s nearest and dearest over the moon for the pair.They told us, “It’s very early days in their relationship.They’re really enjoying being together but both of them want to take things slowly and see how their relationship develops.They’re both really happy and their family and friends are really happy for them, too.” It’s sad that,.