BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland reveals 'conflict' with rarely-seen Brazilian wife

Liverpool comic Chris McCausland is joined to a pistillate from South America and the antithetic climates the brace grew up successful causes a definite magnitude of bickering successful their home

New Strictly Come Dancing contestant Chris McCausland is loved up with his Brazilian woman Patricia - but the comedian's relationship with the scientist tin astatine times beryllium fiery.

Chris, 47, adjacent jokes that the couple's battles implicit cardinal heating whitethorn good pb to execution 1 time - owed to the antithetic climates the brace grew up in. "As you tin imagine, we are precise antithetic successful presumption of our civilization and our biologic effect to temperature," helium told Brighton Magazine.

"Whereas my woman volition inactive necessitate a wintertime overgarment successful 22 grade sunshine, I conflict to relation successful thing warmer than astir 26. I deliberation determination is simply a bully accidental that 1 of america whitethorn 1 time beryllium recovered dormant successful the hallway with 1 limb reaching retired towards the thermostat, with the different 1 of america having skipped the country."

Chris, the archetypal unsighted contestant to look successful the world TV contest, and Patricia unrecorded successful London with their girl Sophie. The mates erstwhile appeared connected David Mitchell's Outsiders, wherever they were asked by Alan Davies: "On a standard of 1 to 10 however blessed are you successful your relationship?"

"I'll spell for a good, coagulated 9 and a half," said Patricia, with Chris looking shocked. He went onto hold with his wife, sticking to his guns arsenic Alan asked for his 'real' number. The big went onto joke: 'Do you combat often?'

Born successful Liverpool, the stand-up comic is besides known to audiences arsenic Rudi successful the CBeebies amusement Me Too! He is simply a regular panellist connected Have I Got News For You?

The prima was calved with a familial information called retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and became a web decorator until his eyesight deteriorated. "I was unemployed for possibly a twelvemonth and a fractional and successful the extremity I got a occupation doing concern sales," helium told the Liverpool Echo. "It was really, truly boring worldly - conscionable filling the clip until I figured retired what I decently wanted to do.

"Then, erstwhile I was 26, I got shingles and was signed disconnected from enactment for 2 weeks. I was bored retired of my caput and arsenic a situation from myself I decided to person a spell astatine stand-up."

Chris was a earthy endowment and helium has already go a favourite with Strictly viewers for his speedy wit arsenic programme hosts Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly interviewed the Strictly contestants. Referring to his chap rival Dr Punam Krishan, helium quipped: "Can I conscionable accidental nary of america tin judge we managed to get successful the aforesaid country arsenic a GP!"

Strictly Come Dancing airs contiguous connected BBC One astatine 7pm