Strictly 'fix crisis' after Helen Skelton's old tap dance award uncovered
msn.comStrictly Come Dancing. The line-up of celebrities taking part in the long-running BBC dance competition was revealed earlier this month.
Among them is Helen Skelton, the former Blue Peter presenter who is joining the series months after splitting for her husband, Richie Myler, reports the Mirror.
While Helen may be hoping to take her mind off her forthcoming divorce by throwing herself into rehearsals, some are questioning if she might have too much of an advantage for the show. READ NEXT: Strictly Come Dancing ‘in favouritism row’ over Giovanni Pernice’s rumoured celebrity partner For Helen, 39, won a dance competition in her teenage years, a fact uncovered by The Sun on Sunday.
Asked to reveal a little known secret about herself, she said in a 2016 interview, she said: "I won a Ken Dodd tap-dance award when I was 17. " She later added: "Not a lot of people know this, but I’m very good at tap dancing.
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