Strictly Come Dancing star Janette Manrara has opened up about becoming a mum, revealing that she put everything into having her beloved daughter.
Janette, 40, who welcomed Lyra with husband Aljaž Škorjanec in July 2023, was a professional dancer on the hit BBC show between 2013 and 2021 before landing her job as a presenter on spin-off It Takes Two.
During our exclusive at-home shoot, we discuss whether her career ambitions ever got in the way of motherhood. “Oh, I really put the foot on the brake to become a mother,” Janette tells OK!. “I’m a dancer and my body is my tool.
So the decision to have a child was a big one, because it meant putting me out of work for at least a year, maybe two, who knows?
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