Strictly Come Dancing announces final star to complete 2023 line-up
ok.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing has announced Les Dennis as the final celebrity joining the ballroom cast in 2023. It's not the first time that Les has been asked to be a part of the hit BBC show, as he was originally asked when he was starring on Coronation Street, between 2014 and 2016, but he turned it down.
Revealing he would be joining the show on Friday morning, he said: "I was asked when I was in Corrie but you can't do it when you're in Corrie so you have to wait til you come out." The TV presenter, 69, joins stars including Angela Rippon, Layton Williams, Nigel Harman and Zara McDermott on the dancefloor this autumn.
Strictly fans had already heard rumours that Les had signed up to the show after a mysterious tweet was posted by the star of a playlist with the show's title.
Les admitted he was behind the leak, explaining: "The Strictly producers ask you to send a play list of songs you might like.
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