Les Dennis has said that when he announced that he would be appearing on Strictly Come Dancing this year, his wife fell into tears.
Fortunately, it had nothing to do with the curse allegations.
The 69-year-old Family Fortunes star will be in the ballroom with EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier and Love Island‘s Zara McDermott.
Les, the star of Death in Paradise, was the 15th and final candidate to be named, and he has now revealed his wife’s response to the news.
In an interview, he added, ‘My wife cried, in a good way!’
‘She was really thrilled, because we were waiting for a while to find out, and then suddenly we got the call,’ Les, who married his third wife Claire Nicholson in 2009, recalled.
‘I was away on tour with 42nd Street and I called to tell her that I’d got it.’
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Les Dennis has said that when he announced that he would be appearing on Strictly Come Dancing this year, his wife fell into tears.
Fortunately, it had nothing to do with the curse allegations.
The 69-year-old Family Fortunes star will be in the ballroom with EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier and Love Island’s Zara McDermott.
Les, the star of Death in Paradise, was the 15th and final candidate to be named, and he has now revealed his wife’s response to the news.
In an interview, he added, ‘My wife cried, in a good way!’
‘She was really thrilled, because we were waiting for a while to find out, and then suddenly we got the call Les also stated that he is ready to take on the Strictly challenge.
He shared: ‘As an actor, you do so many different things, I’ve done so many.
‘This is the biggest challenge, and it’s something I’ve really been looking forward to embracing.’
This comes after Les made a huge misstep by letting the cat out of the bag a little too soon.
Les said on Good Morning Britain that he had posted a playlist named ‘Strictly by Les Dennis’ before he was announced.
Explaining the blunder, Les confessed to Ben Shepherd on GMB: ‘What happened was, the Strictly producers asked me to send a playlist of songs you might like.
‘I’m totally hopeless with social media and all that so my daughter put my playlist together for me, and put “Strictly by Les Dennis”, so I could send it to my agent by email but I must have done a fat finger error and put it on Twitter instead.’
The playlist has approximately 140 tracks, with a major emphasis on The Beatles, James Taylor, and other’real old school’ music, according to Les.
It’s also not the first time Les has revealed he’s been asked for Strictly, as producers approached him while he was on Coronation Street.
However, he stated that performers presently appearing on the ITV serial are not permitted to participate, thus he was unable to say yes at the moment.
Les, who was previously married to Amanda Holden, said he was ‘thrilled’ to be taking part in a statement following his formal announcement.
He said: ‘I’m thrilled to be doing this iconic wonderful show as I approach my 70th birthday!
‘In my career I’ve always gone for challenges outside my comfort zone and this is the ultimate one! Can’t wait.’
Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One and iPlayer on Saturday, September 16.
Source My Celebrity Life.
