Helen Skelton 'ready for attention' on Strictly after split left her 'battle-hardened'

STRICTLY Come Dancing star Helen Skelton has revealed she gave birth alone before splitting from her husband Richie Myler. The Countryfile presenter - who is mum to three children, Ernie, seven, Louis, five, and Elsie, eleven months - admitted that her rugby star ex wasn't there for the birth of their second baby.

STRICTLY Come Dancing stars are set for disappointment with Blackpool Week just one week away. The remaining celebrities and their professional partners face one more elimination before getting to dance in the historic ballroom. However now there are claims that one of the stars will not make it to Blackpool.

It was an emotional night on Strictly Come Dancing as Kym Marsh was left fighting back tears after making a few slipups during her performance on Saturday night.

Helen Skelton has revealed she got into "trouble" with the Strictly Come Dancing team backstage for doing her own fake tan.The 39-year-old appeared to make the team's job harder when they tried to put it on her themselves ahead of the show this evening. Last night, the presenter filmed the glam squad moisturising her as they also applied some tan.Speaking to the camera, she said: "This is what happens, all you try to do is get yourself through the door and then they attack you with fake tan and moisturiser."It's the Strictly way."In a video with Gorka aheads of appearing on Strictly: It Takes Two, she told him: "I'm in trouble because I put fake tan on and I wasn't meant to."Michael Douglas looks frail as he continues to show off new red hairOn the show, the dancing duo discussed their Jive to Tightrope by Janelle Monáe last weekend.Just seconds into the routine Helen lost her hat as she walked down the stairs.Addressing the moment with host Rylan Clark, she said: "The last thing he [Gorka] said to me was, 'Helen make sure that hat's on!'"I was like, 'Yeah, yeah, fine, yeah...

GMB viewers were concerned when Kate Garraway was absent from the show on Friday morning.

“There’s a very visceral gut reaction to Matt Hancock as he’s there as a very famous face of the time that was miserable for the entire country and we’re still living with the consequences of.“There will be people watching whose grief is still very, very raw from losing people.“They won’t see that rawness of grief and sadness in the way that Matt Hancock is behaving on screen, because he’s laughing and having fun and trying to get to know a new group of people,” she added.“I think if they don’t see that, they are going to not feel healed in any way.

Kate Garraway has shared her reaction to seeing former Health Secretary Matt Hancock on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! after her husband's health battles.

Strictly Come Dancing contestant and actress Gemma Atkinson, 37. As Gorka works away from home, the professional dancer made a sweet admission about what happens when he has time to video call his toddler.Gorka appeared with Helen Skelton, as well as contestant Will Mellor and others to discuss the leaderboard on the BBC Strictly result show.As Claudia Winkleman asked Will about his biggest supporter, many were left surprised when it turned out to be Gorka's daughter.Gorka made the sweet admission, when he exclaimed when talking about Will: "It's the only way I can talk to her now.

STRICTLY star Tony Adams was caught having a heated "argument" with his dance partner Katya Jones. The pair were seen having an intense exchange of words in the background as hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly ended the show.

STRICTLY fans spotted Ian Wright's hilarious reaction after watching his ex-Arsenal teammate Tony Adams' "awkward" salsa. Tony and his dance partner Katya finished last on the leaderboard with 21 points after he lost his footing.

EASTENDERS icon Adam Woodyatt released his inner diva on a drag queen show — when producers wanted to call him Alberta Square. The 54-year-old flatly refused to use a name linked to the BBC soap. A source said: “Adam was adamant.

Helen Skelton, 39, has wowed many fans of Strictly Come Dancing this year alongside professional dancer Gorka Marquez, 32, as she tries to put her turbulent year behind her.The Countryfile presenter has broken her silence on Gorka's shock admission about her "difficult" life on the BBC show, while also opening up about her sudden weight loss.Helen was married to rugby player Richie Myler for eight years, with the pair having three children together, before the presenter announced their shock split in April.This comes just four months after she had given birth to their daughter, leaving Helen in "shock".Helen has now tried to move on from the turbulent time, throwing herself into Strictly alongside Gorka while her ex has another baby on the way.Gorka seemed to shock Helen on Strictly recently as he touched on the presenter's "difficult time" after the end of her marriage.Helen has broken her silence on the event, after her stern face, admitting: "What I love about Gorka is that he has my very best interests at heart, and we are genuinely very good friends."But sometimes, maybe, we need to talk about what he’s allowed to say publicly."I was like, ‘Oh God, where is he going with this?’ That’s why I jumped on the table, to shut him up!"Helen also shared that Gorka has been very supportive in other aspects of her life, including her weight loss.She continued to The Sun: "But Gorka has the measure of me.

STRICTLY fans were left fuming after It Takes Two host Janette Manrara interrupted Helen Skelton and Gorka Marquez's "love fest". The dancing duo were on the show to talk about tonight's big live performance.

THE Strictly Come Dancing stars looked all partied out after celebrating Ellie Taylor's 39th birthday. Comedian Ellie's co-stars were on hand until the early hours despite their upcoming performances in tonight's live show. She was joined by show partners Will Mellor and Nancy Xu, Kym Marsh and Helen Skelton.

Strictly Come Dancing's Helen Skelton has said that she felt "battle-hardened" going into the show following the sudden end to her eight-year marriage.

THE end of an eight- year marriage – with your husband immediately setting up home with another woman – would floor most women. Not Helen Skelton, who instead took to the TV dance floor and has been waltzing through her heartbreak. The Strictly Come Dancing favourite believes the show has acted as ­“therapy”, getting her through the end of her marriage to rugby player Richie Myler.

STRICTLY Come Dancing is on at a slightly later time tonight after viewers whittled down the contestants. It will air in its latest slot for weeks, between episodes of Michael McIntyre's The Wheel and Blankety Blank. Viewers should tune in at 7pm so make sure they don't miss it.

STRICTLY Come Dancing's Will Mellor has said he's been left battered by the show's gruelling rehearsals. The actor has had to content with persistent knee problems and told The One Show viewers he's got "purple feet".

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