Helio’s Fiance Breaks Off Engagement

Posted By: admin On: November 28, 2007 Comments: ( 1 )

Just less than 24 hours after Helio Castroneves won the MirrorBall Trophy on Dancing the the Stars, his fiance Aliette Vazquez called off the engagement. Vazquez, a Miami-based business executive said through her publicist, Howard Bragman ”There’s been a lot of rumors and a lot of stuff said, and she just wanted confirmed that they are no longer engaged. There’s no animosity, there’s nothing mean. Just a simple confirmation,” he told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Aliette and Helio had been together for over 6 years and just got engaged last year.

Was her publicist hinting about the rumors between Julianne and Helio that have been brewing since their first kiss? ”I’m not gonna talk about the rumors. I mean, they’re clearly out there,” said Bragman, who wouldn’t comment on when the engagement ended.  “I will tell you (that) we wanted to be respectful and wait until the show was over,” he said. “We did not want to affect the outcome of the show.”

Helio Castroneves did confirm with People that they did indeed split, but mum was the word as he wanted to keep his private life private. Helio will be on Inside Edition tonight and he’ll talk more about the split. He calls Vazquez a “great person” and says, “I’m sure we’re going to be friends and now is a moment I’m going to enjoy,” he said. “It’s a shame. It is what it is.”

Julianne apparently called of her engagement to Zach Wilson earlier this year telling a popular entertainment TV show “I’m 19. I’m really focused on my career. We’re really good friends.”

Vazquez publicist also said “I know Helio and I’ve known him a long time and I think he’s a good guy — and I think she’s a good guy — and it’s just a tough situation.  And I want them to get through it as painlessly as possible. (She) wanted to set the record straight. This is a personal decision and I ask the media to respect the privacy of Miss Vazquez and her family. She has no plans to talk to the media, but reserves that right if she needs to clarify misinformation or defend her reputation.”

Hmmm..I think she’s a good guy? Her publicist didn’t make much sense there. LOL!

All I know is there will be a lot of happy people if Helio and Julianne confirm a romance. Their kiss last nice will probably have people wondering - as she did grab his head and hold the kiss position. Just earlier though she received a ring from Kevin Connolly so who knows what is up with Julianne.  All we know is that Julianne Hough is HOT commodity right now.

Here’s the video of the Helio and Julianne long kiss from last night’s quickstep dance.