BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland's win 'gone to his head' as he misses live radio interview

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Chris McCausland's famous pal joked his Strictly Come Dancing win had 'gone to his head' as he ended up missing a live radio interview.

The comedian was due to appear alongside Lee Mack on the Capital FM Breakfast show with Jordan North on Wednesday (December 18) to chat about their new film, Bad Tidings.

The new comedy offering for Sky Original is co-written by Chris and Laurence Rickard and Martha Howe-Douglas and also stars the new Strictly champion as well as comedian and actor Lee, Sarah Alexander and Rebekah Staton. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly speaks out as show dealt blow after Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell win After waiting for his arrival, host Jordan and his co-presenter Sian Welby revealed Chris wouldn't be joining them for the interview, to which Lee was quick to joke: "It is possible his Strictly win has gone to his head and he feels he can do what he likes..." Later in the interview, Lee spoke about the moment Chris was announced as the winner of Strictly 2024 alongside his professional dance partner Dianne Buswell during the BBC One dance contest's grand final, for which he was in the audience cheering him on. "I got very little time to talk to him on Saturday because everyone was hugging him and I haven't spoke to him since!" The 1% Club host said. "[It's] Incredible.

I was looking at the old texts this morning because he [Chris] was texting me at the time asking if he should do it. "I've realised the preconceptions about his disability, especially him being blind, but the more time I have spent with him, there have genuinely been times where I have forgotten he is blind." As Strictly fans will have witnessed on Saturday night (December 14), Chris and Dianne fought off stiff