Sophie Ellis-Bextor shares toll BBC Strictly Come Dancing took on marriage

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BBC Strictly Come Dancing took on her marriage. Sophie made it to the final in 2013 - but paid a heavy price. The Murder on the Dancefloor star spoke out over the tension it created in her marriage. READ MORE Warning issued to anybody filling up with petrol next week She said: "Richard started to struggle with my involvement from the launch show onwards. "It was so hard for him that I can remember wondering if they’d ever had a contestant walk away from the show before they’d even danced their first dance. "The physical closeness was something I struggled with throughout, but, by the end, a lot of things I had thought were odd – like the ‘couples’ holding hands or gripping on to each other for the results show – I was used to and it seemed.