Dara O'Briain has turned down 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
Dara O'Briain rules out Strictly
The 51-year-old 'Mock The Week' star has insisted he will "never" take part in the BBC dance show but admitted he has used the threat of him appearing on the show to win battles with his teenage daughter.
According to The Sun, when speaking during his comedy set at the Paddy Power Comedy Festival in Dublin's Iveagh Gardens over the weekend, Dara said: "That will never happen.
"I have a 15-year-old daughter, which is a glorious thing. I'm so proud of this young lady and what she's becoming; strong and powerful and fierce.
"But f*** me - strong and powerful and fierce - I've got f****** nothing in this battle.
"I've been reduced to saying 'stop it, stop it' in this disciplinary battle - 'stop it, or I will go on 'Strictly Come Dancing' and you will watch me dance'.
"I will dance hard and I will get to Latin week. I will 'cha cha cha'.
"I can never do the dancing show. That will never happen."
Meanwhile, Dara - who also has two sons aged 12 and eight with his wife Susan - previously revealed he has a passion for all things intergalactic and keeps seven telescopes at the end of his dining room table.
He told Metro newspaper's SixtySeconds column: "To be honest, I've always been more of a big space nerd: cosmology and black holes and all that stuff. But the Moon is just there and if you get a telescope at all, it is the first thing that you look at. You suddenly see a richness of detail that you've never seen before.
"My beginner's tip to everyone whoever asks about a telescope is to buy a set of binoculars first. You'll see stars in detail and it's amazing. Seven feels too many, doesn't it? But it's not. It really isn't! The telescopes are fine- they are kind of cool-looking - but the mounts are just three-legged tripods that sit at the end of the dining table. The tripods are kind of woven around each other. That's me trying to make them look as small as possible.
"Some would say that they are blocking the view from the kitchen but, look, we all have our passions. It's not motorbike parts. It's not bicycle chains and all grease coming off it. It's not bags of golf clubs with mud on them. I think this is better!"
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