Dan Walker and his wife discussed the "Strictly curse" after he was paired with professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova.
Dan Walker and wife discussed Strictly curse
The 'BBC Breakfast' presenter has been happily married to his wife Sarah for 20 years but revealed the could did have a chat about the infamous "curse", which refers to individuals taking part in 'Strictly Come Dancing' who are already in relationships, who end up finding romance with their professional partners, before filming began.
He told The Sun newspaper: "When Sarah saw who I was partnered with, we had to have a laugh about it.
"Obviously, you discuss those things, the curse, but it wasn’t a lengthy discussion. I think we tried to make it light-hearted, to have fun doing it."
However, Dan, 44, revealed Nadiya, 32, has become close to his family and they often get together for dinners.
He said: "But the first Monday I trained with Nadiya, she came around and had dinner with my family. We’ve been out four or five times to restaurants.
"My family is really, really important to me and always have been and always will be. I didn’t want them to feel excluded.
"So no, being paired with Nadiya was never a problem. Friendship is a blessing. And I think from the moment we first met, Nadiya and I knew we were going to get on.
"But I’ve always introduced her on any social media video I’ve ever done as my ‘professional partner’ because that’s her job. She is very professional.
"We had a good laugh. We messed about with silly sketches during our lunchbreak but we worked really hard."