Strictly’s Kevin Clifton uncovers 'family scandal' in Who Do You Think You Are?
ok.co.ukBallroom dancing has given Kevin Clifton fame, fortune and even family thanks to his romance with Strictly Come Dancing partner Stacey Dooley – the couple’s baby girl Minnie was born in January this year .
But there was a time when Kevin rebelled against the strict nature of ballroom and posed as a “bad boy”, even dressing as a goth as he searched to find himself beyond the sequins.
So when he was offered the opportunity to take part in Who Do You Think You Are?, Kevin jumped at the chance to learn more about his identity and find a legacy he could one day share with his daughter. “I’ve been interested in identity for a while,” explains Kevin, 40. “My mum and dad were dancers, me and my sister became dancers and that was our identity.
We’re a dancing family, we go to competitions, we behave and dress in a certain way, you’re in front of an audience and judges… At some point I just rebelled against all of it.” Kevin grew his hair, wore leather trousers and painted his fingernails black. “I was like, ‘You better get used to my leather trousers!’” he laughs. “It was just me trying to be something different.
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