TV star Charlene McKenna has revealed she’s packing her bags and moving to New York – for love.
The Ripper Street actress is sick of being apart from co-star love Adam Rothenberg, who she has been dating for a number of months.
Now the 30-year-old has decided being long-distance won’t work – so is moving to the Big Apple to be with the actor.
Boyfriend: Charlene will be joining Adam in New York | BBC
“I’m not single and I’ve been doing long-distance for the last while. He’s based in New York. I won’t be doing it anymore,” she said.
“It’s going to be different and I’m looking forward to it. Although the distance was good for me, I could put my phone down and have my way. Now I won’t have that any more.”
And Charlene couldn’t have worked it better – getting a role on Broadway in the musical Ghosts, after the West End show moved from London.
Ripper Street: Charlene in BBC show, which was revived by Amazon | BBC
“It’s definitely the place to go now,” she told the Sunday World. “I’ve been thinking about New York for a while and one of my best friends from home was going so I just thought, ‘Why not!’
“It feels like the right time for me. And luckily the news came that Ghosts was moving over so it couldn’t have been more perfect.”
