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Victoria Pendleton talks 'strange' reunion with Strictly's Brendan Cole after 2012 pairing
Strictly Come Dancing in 2012, just a mere five days after she had competed in the London Olympics.The sports star was partnered with notoriously outspoken pro Brendan Cole, and has recalled exclusively to Express.co.uk about their "strange" reunion.The couple made it to week eight of the show, before being eliminated for their rendition of the Salsa.Brendan recently took part in this year's Dancing on Ice, finishing second on the show, with Regan Gasgoigne taking first place.Victoria was asked if she had met up with Brendan since they finished competing on the BBC show.She recalled: "Well, occasionally. We still text and see how each of us are doing, how's the family..."It’s strange as when I moved to Oxfordshire, we lived, literally, in neighbouring villages and he invited me over for food a couple times."I saw him here, there and everywhere.So, yes we occasionally catch up."Victoria also recalled how "clumsy" the pair were together when they were on the show.She said: "Honestly, the pair of us were just really clumsy."It was really funny, just always tripping over or slipping over."During the Quickstep, I had to run up a couple of stairs and I fell down at the last minute on some cases that were part of the stage set.She continued: "In rehearsals, Brendan hit on my skirt and I tripped on the stairs, but in the performance, he tripped over at the last minute, and then pretended it didn’t happen."We just smiled and tried to ignore it.
