John Whaite is planning to get a 'Strictly Come Dancing' tattoo.
John Whaite
The former 'Great British Bake Off' champion found himself in second place on Saturday's (02.10.21) leaderboard alongside pro partner Johannes Radebe, and he wants to mark the occasion with a special design.
Appearing on the BBC's 'Strictly - It Takes Two', he said: "I had the best night and even though we had a little gag, I am going to get one of those little planets tattooed because that night I felt like I had been born."
The 32-year-old star - who is one half of the Latin and ballroom competition's first ever all-male pairing - admitted the Cha Cha Cha over the weekend was a special moment he wants to immortalise in ink.
He added: "All my life I’ve had that voice saying, ‘Don’t be too flamboyant, don’t be too camp’.
“And then we went and we were camp and flamboyant and people loved it so I have to get a tattoo. It’s going to appear. It’s going to be there.”
John and Johannes follow Nicola Adams and Katya Jones as the second same-sex pairing in 'Strictly' history, and the 2012 'Bake Off' winner previously opened up about the importance of representation.
He explained: "If I’d seen two lads or lasses dancing together on Saturday night TV and nobody made a fuss about it, I don’t think I’d have grown up with quite so much shame for being gay.
“I just hope there are kids out there watching who don’t even question it, who watch it and think, I am who I am and I’m comfortable with that, and I’m accepted and loved and can be loved for who I am.
"It’s a massive privilege.”
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