Chris McCausland’s daughter is concerned that he will injure himself doing 'Strictly Come Dancing.'
Chris McCausland's daughter is worried he will hurt himself on 'Strictly Come Dancing'
The 47-year-old comedian is the first blind contestant to appear on the hit BBC dance show and has revealed that his 10-year-old daughter Sophie is worried that he will fall on the dancefloor.
He wrote in his ‘Strictly’ diary for The Telegraph: "I showed my 10-year-old daughter a clip of the show and asked her if I should do it. 'No, Daddy,’ she said. 'You’ll fall off the stage and break your leg.' She’s a joker at heart, but she’s got a point.”
Chris continued: "Not quite the ringing endorsement other celebrities get. But I’ve checked and there is no stage so the joke’s on her...”
He quipped: “I sincerely hope they will have wrapped the cameras in layers of foam just in case.
“I can see myself taking out three of them in a single foxtrot."
The presenter - who began losing his sight in his teenage years due to a condition called retinitis pigmentosa - also shared that he is "terrified" to take part.
He said: "Have I mentioned that I was terrified? I mean, how can I possibly have confidence in my ability to do something when I can’t see the entirely visual thing that I’m being asked to do?
"On top of that, stick it on live TV where failures are there for everybody to see and where the chance of a generous edit is absolute zero, and what could possibly go wrong? Well, too many things, and that was my problem."
Chris - who is partnered with Dianne Buswell - previously said that he plans to "make it up as [he] goes along" on 'Strictly'.
He told the newspaper: “We’ll make it up as we go along and figure it out. Sometimes I think it might be better for me to feel where my partner’s legs are going, and sometimes it would be better for her to just pick up my leg and put it where it’s supposed to be.”