Ryan Thomas has spoken out after his Dancing on Ice debut which came after her was seen fighting back tears over the poignancy of his first performance being on Sunday night (January 14). The actor is among the 12 celebrities to have signed up to the ITV skating show this year.
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Claudia Winkleman has made an admission about her position on The Traitors as she prepares to ditch the sequins for a black cloak once more. The reality show became a runaway hit last year and is set to return for a second series next month (January).
The Strictly Come Dancing star will return to hosting duties for the second series on BBC One from January 3, with 22 contestants battling it out at a Scottish castle in the psychological game show that gripped viewers last year.
Claudia has since been heard promising an “ultimate game of treachery for a life-changing cash prize” in the first trailer for season two which comes after she won the Bafta for best entertainment performance last year, while the show won best reality and constructed factual programme.
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But the 51-year-old has confessed she originally declined to present the show to prioritise her family life. "I wasn’t keen on leaving home for three weeks, so initially I said, ‘I don’t think so, but thank you’," Claudia has told the Radio Times.
"They then sent me the original Dutch version. I watched the first four episodes in one sitting, told the kids to make their own tea and then begged the BBC to let me be part of it.
"I’m used to being a cheerleader and a helper, so it felt very odd being so cold. By the end I couldn’t help but show how much I cared about them, but at the beginning, yes, it was deeply weird. The producers had to really persuade me to send two people home as soon as they arrived. I couldn’t really cope with it, but they said, ‘This sets the tone, don’t be
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