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'Devastated' Tess Daly's Strictly regret – 'Nobody knew how torn up I was'


Strictly Come Dancing star Tess Daly tearfully admitted that although she was all smiles on TV, she was "torn up", and insisted that "there's no such thing as 'having it all'

In an unearthed interview from 2006, Tess spoke about experiencing deep pain, despite landing the nickname 'Miss Sunshine' by her former Strictly Come Dancing co-host, the late Bruce Forsyth. Landing the role on Strictly shortly after her father's death was bittersweet for Tess, but she knew it was a show he would have adored watching her present. Vivian, a working-class man from the Peak District, and his wife Sylvia spent their lives doing shifts in textile factories to keep the family afloat.

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