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Vanessa Feltz jokes about falling ‘passionately in love’ with Strictly pro partner James Jordan

TV legend Vanessa Feltz joked about her affair with Strictly pro partner James Jordan during her daytime chat show today.

The 63-year-old, who launched her self-titled show on Channel 5 yesterday (March 24), returned this afternoon for another episode and welcomed James, 46, and his wife, Ola Jordan, 42, to her bright pink studio. Vanessa interviewed Ola and James Jordan today (Credit: Channel 5) Reflecting on the fact it has been 12 years since the pair last danced together, Vanessa asked James about what he thought when he was told he was going to be paired with the former This Morning star. “There are no shocks for you Ola, I don’t think,” she began, “But, it is true that when James and I started dancing together, he said to me, and these are the exact words, because I’ve never forgotten them, they’re seared upon my heart and soul, he said to me, ‘Put your fufu on my thigh.”

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