After placing runner-up on Dancing with the Stars: All Stars earlier this year, Bec Hewitt was perfectly positioned for a big television comeback.
Insiders revealed that the actress, 37, was even considering reprising her role as Hayley on Home and Away!
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“I would love to do another acting job,” Bec confirmed to the Daily Telegraph at the time. “I love working with creative people, so we’ll see what happens.”
But in a shock twist, the mother of three appears to have gone underground since her highly praised performance on the popular dancing competition.
Not only has Bec made very few media appearances, she hasn’t been pictured in public for 85 days.
Bec was last spotted on April 18 enjoying a day out and about with her daughters Mia, 15, and Ava, 10. Further fuelling speculation, the former actress has also been quiet on social media, last posting footage of her son Cruz, 12, playing tennis on April 27.
What’s more, her husband, Lleyton, appears to be stepping up his dad duties in recent weeks. The former tennis champ, 40, was spotted looking downcast on July 1, as he dropped Ava off to a dance class in their home town of Melbourne.
The news comes amid rumours surrounding the state of the couple’s 16-year marriage, following reports that Bec was house hunting alone in Sydney late last year.
Bec was said to be scouting properties in the Northern Beaches, narrowly missing out on a Manly home worth $15 million. The area no doubt holds special memories for Bec, who grew up and filmed Home and Away in the region.
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In January, Bec and Lleyton’s outing around their former Western Sydney stomping ground appeared far from a happy affair, with a “tired and stressed out” Bec apparently seen grimacing and even clutching her hands to her face in despair.
“Bec seemed really upset. She looked like she was about to burst out crying at one point,” alleges one onlooker. “It seemed like she and Lleyton might have gotten into a row or something.”
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