Angela Rippon says anti-inflammatory drugs are getting her through 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
Angela Rippon credits anti-inflammatory drugs with getting her through Strictly
The 79-year-old journalist and TV presenter has wowed audiences with her dance moves on the BBC One show and credited voltarol and ibuprofen with helping her perform.
She told The Sun newspaper: "Voltarol and ibuprofen have become my two best new friends.
"There’s not really much time for doing anything else really — Strictly just takes over.
"It may sound masochistic but while I ache from head to toe, I’m just having the time of my life.
"I’m very fortunate, really, because I’ve always kept fit for my job.
"I know people don’t think that working in television requires any kind of physical effort, but if you do the programmes I’ve done, I’ve been on my feet 12 hours a day, literally on my feet walking 12 hours a day."
Angela also revealed she is shocked by her viral fame.
She said: "It’s a whole new experience for me, going viral.
“The programme I’ve been working on for the past 15 years — 'Rip-Off Britain', which is on the air at the moment — it hardly ever makes headlines of any description.
“Then suddenly to find that I’m doing something that is giving me great pleasure and I’m having a lot of fun doing it . . . This whole thing of the internet and Instagram and all the rest of it is a world that I have never inhabited until recently.”
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