In 2012 I stared into the eyes of someone who had just stabbed a man in the neck on the street. I was trying to help the victim; for a very long three or four seconds, I thought he was going to come for me next.
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View all 209 →I think I had a close shave with the taxi driver John Worboys. I was in Soho and going back to Chiswick where I lived, and I got a black cab. This guy wouldn’t stop talking and he offered me champagne, and I said: “I don’t like champagne.” It went a bit quiet and I thought I’d offended him. Then I remember going: “Hang on a minute, you shouldn’t be drinking champagne if you’re driving.” And he said: “I’ve just won the lottery and I’m finished after this.” I had a lucky escape.
Childbirth. And the wheel of our camper van coming clean off on the M1.
In 2016, I fell off stage in Switzerland and broke my back in four places.
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View profile →Dancing was in my bones from when I started ballet at two.
I would be much more available for my brother when he was not well and try to understand more about mental health, which I didn’t know anything about at the time.
When I found out that I was having my baby. They told me I was having a little girl and I named it Elizabeth. Then, when the baby was born it was my beautiful boy, Mark.
People close to me throwing me under a bus for a crust.
Getting the job on Strictly at the age of 56.
We’ve Only Just Begun by The Carpenters.
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