Tess Daly hosted Strictly Come Dancing for over two decades but chose to leave alongside her co-host Claudia Winkleman at the end of 2025’s series, with their final show airing on Christmas Day
Tess Daly and her husband Vernon Kay appear to have gone through a huge family change following the TV presenter’s departure from Strictly Come Dancing in December. Their eldest daughter Phoebe has not only moved away from home, but moved to a whole other continent.
The 21-year-old posted a pic of herself at a bar in New York City to her Instagram Stories on 8 January, in which the Empire State Building could be seen in the background. Suggesting she had moved to Big Apple, at least for substantial period of time, he captioned the photo: “Home for a while…”.
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Phoebe also added to her profile’s bio: “Heyyyy LDN/NYC”. She has not shared the reason behind her relocation or how long she will be in the city for, but the move is recent, as she was in the UK for the end of her mother’s run on Strictly Come Dancing.
Tess, who started hosting the BBC show in 2004, decided to leave the series this year. She and her co-host Claudia Winkleman released a joint statement in September announcing their departure from the show after over 20 years on it.
In a video put on Instagram, Tess and Claudia said: “We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream. We were always going to leave together, and now feels like the right time.
“We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series, and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show.
“They’re the most brilliant team, and we’ll miss them every day. We will cry when we say the last ‘keep dancing’, but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza.”
After the pair’s final live show, Phoebe took to Instagram to praise her mother. Phoebe penned: “Wow. What an incredible Strictly Come Dancing final last night.
“The love and joy strictly creates is something magical and I’m so lucky to have seen my mum work with the absolute best people. Last night was definitely an emotional one, but most importantly it was a celebration of the show and the 21 years mum has been doing it.”
She continued: “Mum you are a true inspiration to me I will hold all these Strictly memories close to my heart forever. It’s been in my life since the day mum was pregnant with me so I don’t know life without Strictly and for that reason I will forever be the shows number one fan.”
Source: Mirror
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