EXCLUSIVE Have Dan Ewing and Katrina Risteska split? Home and Away star stops posting about fiancée on social media before undergoing huge transformation after 'hitting absolute rock bottom' - as actress 'moves out of family home'

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Dan Ewing and fiancée Katrina Risteska have sparked rumours they may have split.
The couple, who share two-year-old daughter Nevaeh Catherine, seem to have gone silent on each other's social pages since last year.
A source has also revealed to Daily Mail Australia that Katrina, 34, may have moved out of the Brisbane family home the pair bought together at least two years ago.
According to an insider, Dan, 40, and Katrina owned a property in Lota, Queensland - a gated community in the outer eastern suburbs of Brisbane.
The home last sold for $580,000 in 2022, as shown on realestate.com.au, presumably to the couple.
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However, it seems Katrina may no longer be living at the family home, as she shared a sponsored video in April which showed her residing at another house.
The clip saw Katrina spruiking a pressure washer, which she used to clean the back patio of her current property.
However, there were notable differences between the Lota home and the building she was washing.
Her family home features an all-white façade and a concrete patio, while the house Katrina was cleaning in the video had a red-brick exterior and a wooden deck.
To add to the split rumours, Dan and Katrina no longer appear to post about one another on their socials, with the soap star also undergoing a dramatic physical transformation after 'hitting absolute rock bottom' near the end of 2024.
The former Home and Away actor last prominently included Katrina on his Instagram page on Mother's Day last year, writing a tribute to his partner alongside a sweet image.
The black and white photo showed Katrina blowing bubbles with their daughter Nevaeh as Dan penned some gushing words about the pair.
'Alright I'm not articulate enough to describe how I truly feel but here goes... The biggest compliment I could give to my salted caramel goddess is this,' he began.
'(Clears throat) You're a Fkn... MIL... Ok... no... FOCUS… (Clears throat again),' he continued.
'I couldn't be more grateful that our daughter is not only the spitting image of her beautiful mother but she also emulates her empathy, intelligence, kindness, SASS... all of the SASS... Did I mention SASS?'
'I was head over heels to have one of you. I thank God every day now that I have two. Happy Mothers Day.'
It was the last post which heavily featured Katrina.
A birthday video for Nevaeh in July and a sponsored video in December showed mere glimpses of Katrina, with Dan's page suddenly overtaken with fitness videos.
Dan, who also shares son Archie, 10, with his ex-wife Marni Little, does not appear to have posted about Katrina or Nevaeh at all this year.
Likewise, Katrina, who rarely posts at the best of times, has not shared anything featuring Dan since her 33rd birthday last January.
While the couple still follow each other on Instagram, they seem to have stopped liking and interacting with each other's posts.
However, it seems Katrina may no longer be living at the family home, as she shared a sponsored video in April which showed her residing at another house
Instead, some of their more recent uploads contain words of inspiration.
In January, Dan shared a message to his 'special friends', writing: 'You are so loved, I am so grateful for you!
'The love and support you've given me in 2024 means the world. You've changed my life forever. I am sober because of you.'
Dan revealed to his followers earlier this month that he became a 'depressed alcoholic' last year and has since given up alcohol.
'You are perfect in every way even if it takes people close to you way too long to figure out what a gift from heaven you are,' he continued.
'I wish you nothing but success at the level you dream of and I know will achieve.'
'I may not see you all face-to-face but I believe in you more than you believe in yourselves,' he finished.
Dan overlaid the post with an instrumental song by Parijat called Healing the Heart.
Meanwhile, Katrina appeared to celebrate her 34th birthday in January without Dan this year, and shared her own inspirational post just a few weeks earlier.
She shared a black and white video of herself and daughter Nevaeh playing on a beach during a sunny day.
She wrote: 'Before Nev was born I had a reading done and the lady said, "I see you on the beach with your daughter. She is your best friend and you're so happy and content."
'She had no idea that I was pregnant at the time or that it was a girl. But her words have played over and over in mind ever since.
'I had no idea what I would write in the caption as I create this reel only that the moment seemed so precious and my heart so full of gratitude… I see now this moment is exactly that.'
To add to the speculation, Dan has also undergone a dramatic weight loss journey and detailed his battle with alcohol consumption.
Dan stunned fans by sharing a shocking before-and-after post to mark his 40th birthday earlier this month.
He shared two shirtless bathroom selfies to social media to showcase his dramatic transformation over the past year.
In the before photo, Dan looked downbeat as he showcased his bloated stomach, while the second picture taken a year later showed him looking significantly more muscular and upbeat.
He captioned the gallery with some revealing words: 'This is 40. But more importantly, that second photo was 39.
'Exactly one year ago today. A depressed alcoholic. Crushed by internal trauma. Existing, not living. I'd love to say that on that day, I had the courage to change.'
Dan then opened up about how he turned his life around in the space of six months.
'It took hitting absolute rock bottom at the end of 2024. That's when the universe finally said "enough" and it took the wheel from me,' he wrote.
'From that rock-bottom came the decision to get sober - and that one choice changed everything.'
'It snowballed into a deeper love for myself, into true connection with the source - God, universe, whatever name you give this sacred, powerful energy we are all part of,' he continued.
He added his good fortune had significantly improved after he gave up alcohol.
'None of that would have happened without that hard first decision. That moment I asked for help,' he wrote.
'Sobriety didn't just transform my life. It allowed me to show up fully - for my family, friends and everyone I encounter. To serve in the way I was always meant to.'
Dan, who left Home and Away as a permanent cast member in 2014, has long been open with fans about his past struggles.
In 2021, he revealed he suffered from anxiety and would use alcohol to cope with his newfound fame after joining the popular soap in 2007 as Heath Braxton, a member of the River Boys surfing gang.
In an interview with the ImperfectlyPerfect Podcast, the actor admitted he found being thrown into the spotlight challenging.
'I really struggled. I was just some kid from the Northern Beaches, so then to shoot to fame on the biggest show in Australia in Home and Away... I wasn't ready,' he said.
'My partner at the time [Marni] wasn't ready, and I didn't know it at the time, but I was really suffering with anxiety,' he added.
Dan, who split from Marni at the end of 2015 after three years of marriage, said he turned to alcohol as a coping mechanism for what he was going through.
'I'd just sort of tip all this grog down my neck and get absolutely written off on the weekend,' he explained.
'You disguise it as, "Oh, it's blowing off steam. We all do it," and we all have done it.
'But for me, I just didn't understand that there was a better way, there was a better process.'
Dan admitted it was 'not conducive to a great relationship or a great marriage or a great lifestyle', even though he was still 'kicking goals work-wise'.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to Dan and Katrina's representatives for comment.