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Sophie Ellis-Bextor admits Strictly was so 'uncomfortable' for her husband he needed counselling, 'spiralled' when she wouldn't text back and convinced himself she would leave him
By the final week, I was done. I can remember standing beside the dance floor with Abbey Clancy and we were both saying how ready we were to go back to our husbands and our normal lives.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor has shared an insight into the damaging toll appearing on Strictly Come Dancing had on her marriage to her husband Richard Jones (pictured with Brendan Cole) The former Strictly pro took to social media to make a jibe at the seasoned television explorer after it emerged that he lodged a complaint with the BBC over professional dancer Ola's 'rude and impatient manner'. Responding to a Strictly fan's mocking disbelief that the hardened explorer - who has dived with Great White sharks and wrestled poisonous snakes in his career - could be 'reduced to tears' by the 5ft4 dancer, James joked 'please help me!!'
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