Strictly star Kaye Adams' 'sick' lie about age left daughter heartbroken

02.10.2022 - 14:59 / msn.com

Strictly Come Dancing, after previously claiming she "didn't think she was young or glamorous enough" for the glitzy show. And it isn't the first time age has been a problem for the 59-year-old presenter - as she once told her daughter she was 10 years younger than she actually is, and kept up the lie for more than a decade. Kaye - who has Charley, 20, and Bonnie, 15, with her long-term partner Ian Campbell - invented a fake date of birth which she memorised just in case her eldest daughter questioned her, and only confessed the truth to Charley when she turned 12.

Speaking recently about the complex lie, the presenter, who turns 60 in December, admitted it was "pathetic" but said she "did it without thinking". She confessed: "It's pathetic but I lopped off 10 years and merrily lied away, including a fake date of birth which I had off pat. I'm generally an honest person but I've always been a good liar and parents lie all the time to little children.

"At the time I did it without thinking – it's just a stupid habit you get into and think it's funny. But now when I look back, I think, 'Oh my God, you were sick. ' "Kaye, who was 40 when her first daughter was born, said she began to feel "uncomfortable" with her lie by the time Charley was 12, and decided to come clean - but was baffled when the youngster failed to see the funny side.

She added: "By the time she got to around 12 I was beginning to feel uncomfortable. So I broke the truth to her in a coffee shop, which was a lot more traumatic than I thought it would be. "I thought she'd think it was funny but she was genuinely disappointed in me.