Chris Robshaw’s wife Camilla Kerslake regrets making comments about other contestants’ prior dance training on the BBC show.
Chris Robshaw’s wife, Camilla Kerslake, has expressed regret over comments she made about the skill level of some Strictly Come Dancing contestants.
The 39-year-old former England rugby player struggled in the first live show, finishing second behind Nadiya Bychkova and Nadiya Bychkova, both of whom had 14 points.
This year’s line-up includes celebrities with prior dance training, such as Emmerdale’s Lewis Cope and Love Island’s Amber Davies, who joined after replacements were needed.
Following the episode, Love Island’s Amber Gill posted on Camilla’s Instagram: “Unpopular opinion: I think having people with so much dance experience is unfair.” Camilla responded: “The experience differences are absolutely wild. Definitely.”
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Camilla acknowledged in a statement to the Daily Mail that she now regrets keeping quiet. “I hope Chris won’t end up in the bottom two because of my big mouth.” Last week, I wanted to climb over the desk and apologize to Craig [Revel Horwood] for it because I was furious as a protective wife.
I keep my husband in such high regard. I am aware of his work ethic, how important this is to him, and how I responded, she continued.
The couple has also addressed the so-called Strictly curse, which is where alleged celebrity partners end up dating their professional partners.
According to sources, Camilla attempted to establish a friendship with Nadiya prior to the series.
In an interview with The Sun, Chris joked about the curse, “Surely if people think there’s something going on between us, we must be doing something right.”
“Nadiya and I are a team, both totally focused on the dancing and giving it our full attention each week.” The couple, who have two sons, Wilding and Hunter, have been married for ten years.
Regarding the contestants with dance backgrounds, Lewis Cope won Got to Dance and Amber Davies did it on the West End.
Amber fought back against accusations that she had been unfairly disadvantaged: “I feel like I know they will be like, “She’s trained.” Yes, I studied musical theater, but I’m just learning ballroom Latin dancing.
So I feel like I’ll be reversing my course. I’ll give it my all, I mean.
Strictly Come Dancing returns tonight at 7pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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