Vernon Kay will make his stage debut this year. The BBC Radio 2 presenter “can’t think of a better way” to mark his first go at treading the boards than as the servant Dandini in pantomime ‘Cinderella’ this Christmas at the Wycombe Swan Theatre in Buckinghamshire, a career move inspired by his daughters Phoebe, 17, and Amber, 13, who he shares with his wife, 'Strictly Come Dancing' host Tess Daly, 53.
The 48-year-old said told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: “I can’t think of a better way to make my stage debut. “We’re a family of panto lovers, my two daughters, Tess and I go every year. "My girls said, ‘Dad you have to do it’ and I couldn’t have agreed more. “I love it and it’s also where dad jokes rule, and I’m the king of the dad joke. ” Recently, Vernon gushed about his 2020 stint on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’, admitting living in North Wales’ Gwyrch Castle “an absolute scream”.
He said: “I remember the first thing Shane Richie said. It was when we jumped off the edge of that cliff. It was, ‘Listen, before we start, if you’ve got a plan where you’re thinking of being someone else, or gonna show a personality that isn’t yours, you’re gonna get into trouble.
So let’s all just get on and have a great time and it’ll be a lot of fun. ’ And it was! "Me and Shane, we had an absolute scream in there.
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