My marriage is too strong for Strictly Curse, says EastEnders star labelled series 'hunk'

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EastEnders star James Bye has already been labelled the hunk of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. But sorry ladies - Martin Fowler actor James only has eyes for one woman, his wife of 10 years Victoria, with the pair planning to renew their vows in a romantic ceremony next year. "We weren't really able to organise anything for our landmark wedding anniversary this year because of schedules," says James, who has been paired up with professional Amy Dowden. "But at the beginning of next year we are going to take the family out to where Victoria and I had our honeymoon and we are going to renew our vows on the beach in front of everybody.

We're really looking forward to that. "And James and Victoria's strong relationship means they don't have any worries about the infamous Strictly curse.

James, 38, says: "It's not really come up for us. It's one of those things attached to the show but being a part of it, I genuinely don't see any of that. " In fact, it was writer Victoria who James got the green light from when he was first approached to take part in the BBC One dancing competition.

The pair are parents to their three boys Edward, eight, Louis, six, and Hugo, three, and James wanted the family to be happy before he said yes to Strictly bosses. "I knew what a big commitment doing Strictly would be, it's an exhausting show and takes up a lot of time," says James. "I'm a massive family man, and both Victoria and I pride ourselves on putting our family first at all times so before I even contemplated it I wanted to speak to her first.