TERRI'S HEARTACHE RUSSELL & DANIELLE REUNITE!

THE FORMER COUPLE ARE CLOSER THAN EVER

For years Terri Irwin has made it clear she’s not been ready to move on from the memory of her late husband, Steve. But as her relationship with close family friend Russell Crowe appears to be gathering pace, the potential couple have hit a stumbling block: his ex, Danielle Spencer.

“It’s like one step forward and two steps back with Russ; every time he gets close to moving on from his ex wife,” a source close to the family explains.

Despite being separated for eight years and divorced for two, Russell and Danielle still remain incredibly close, are good friends and share parenting duties of their two sons, Tennyson, 14, and Charles, 16.

But in recent months, Danielle appears to have been dropping increasingly heavy hints that she’s considering a romantic reconciliation.

Last month, she posted several throwback photos of her and Russell embracing and gazing into each other’s eyes while paying tribute to George Ogilvie, who directed them in 1990’s The Crossing.

Then just last week, in a new interview, Danielle proclaimed how she and Russell “have a lot of respect for each other” and added, “I consider him to be a member of my family.”