STRICTLY’S Dan Walker has lifted the lid on the turmoil that led to his cuddle with dance partner Nadiya Bychkova — and said: “I felt a lot better afterwards.” The pair shared a comforting moment backstage, with Dan admitting: “I just needed to give somebody a hug. “I needed to release emotionally from everything I’d been bottling up in the week.” Married Dan, 44, had been cut up by a pal’s death and sought solace with beauty Nadiya, 32, because Covid rules prevented them going near others.
He added: “There was only one person I was allowed to touch in the entire production that night and that was my partner. “I needed somebody to give a hug to, and that was literally it. “Nadiya was great.
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