James Argent couldn't resist gushing over "gorgeous" Anthea Turner on Monday's opening episode of The Real Dirty Dancing. During the first instalment of the new E4 series, James, 34, and Anthea, 61, were paired together for an audition in front of the other celebrities where they showed off their best moves.
It comes after fellow The Real Dirty Dancing star Lee Ryan revealed James' crush on Anthea during the show, joking: "Every time she danced, he was drooling!" At the start of the episode, after all the celebrities met each other for the first time, James gushed: "Anthea looks just as good now as she did when I used to watch her on TV as a kid.
She’s absolutely gorgeous!" Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
And James was left delighted when he was paired with Anthea later on the show for an ice breaker audition in front of the other celebrities.To which their fellow contestants joked it was a "dream come true" for the TOWIE star with Chelsee Healey joking: "Arg has got those snake hips, mate, he knows how to move!" Speaking in a VT, James joked about their "chemistry", saying: "I really had to channel my inner Johnny and take control of the situation.
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