It’s the Saturday night television show which has seen the demise of many of its contestants’ relationships.
But newsreader Charlotte Hawkins has revealed that she is adamant she won’t fall victim to the Strictly curse – but admitted that ‘it’s still weird for your husband to be watching you dance intimately with another man.’
The 42-year-old Good Morning Britain presenter also admitted that she plans on wearing short skirts to ‘distract everybody’ from her dancing.
Challenge: Newsreader Charlotte Hawkins has revealed that she is adamant she won’t fall victim to the Strictly curse – but admitted that ‘it’s still weird for your husband to be watching you dance intimately with another man’
Speaking to The Sun on Friday, Charlotte brushed off any concerns about the curse, saying that she had spoken to her husband Mark Herbert about any worries.
‘We’re really happily married, so it’s not an issue… I wanted to check he was going to be happy with that and OK I’m dancing in such an intense way.
‘I’d find it really hard if it were the other way around. But then I’d know they’re just dancing and I have trust in our relationship.’
‘We’re really happily married’: Speaking to The Sun on Friday, Charlotte brushed off any concerns about the curse, saying that she had spoken to her husband Mark Herbert about any worries
The Strictly curse was started in the first season the show aired in 2004 between Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole. Brendan is Charlotte’s professional partner this season.
Natasha and Brendan were both in relationships at the time – Natasha with Mike Barnard and Brendan with fellow Strictly professional Camilla Dallerup.
However, the two had an affair while on the show and later got together after leaving their partners for each other.
Grand plans: Joking about her plan to wear shorter skirts to draw attention to her fabulous pins rather than her dancing, Charlotte jested that her co-presenters Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid had been teasing her about her costumes
There is of course no suggestion that Charlotte and Bredan are anything more than friends.
Joking about her plan to wear shorter skirts to draw attention to her fabulous pins rather than her dancing, Charlotte jested that her co-presenters Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid had been teasing her about her costumes.
‘Susanna and Piers are already teasing me about how short the dresses will get. Thank goodness, with all the dancing, I’m gonna be the fittest I’ve ever been!’
Charlotte has been married to Mark Herbert since 2008 and the pair have one child together, two-year-old Ella Rose.
All in jest: ‘Susanna and Piers are already teasing me about how short the dresses will get. Thank goodness, with all the dancing, I’m gonna be the fittest I’ve ever been!’