BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Dr Punam Krishan's son's heartbreaking question about her husband

BBC's Strictly and Morning Live prima Dr Punam Krishan's young lad erstwhile quizzed her implicit wherefore his dada had been avoiding going adjacent him and asked an agonising question

There tin beryllium thing worse than your child reasoning you don’t emotion them anymore erstwhile you are conscionable trying to support them harmless - arsenic was the lawsuit with Strictly prima Dr Punam Krishan’s husband.

Morning Live medical adept Dr Punam Krishan has signed up for the new, 20th bid of Strictly Come Dancing. Speaking astir joining the iconic BBC show, she said: "This inactive doesn’t consciousness real, I americium overjoyed to beryllium a contestant connected this year’s show. "I person watched Strictly each twelvemonth with my household and it feels other peculiar that it’s the 20th year, I can’t judge I volition beryllium the 1 getting Strictly-fied now. This is truthful retired of my comfortableness zone, but I’m up for the travel and volition springiness it my implicit all."

As a GP Scottish Punam is nary alien to hard graft and near a aesculapian concern to go a locum successful 2017 aft 'burning out'. She and her hubby Sandesh Gulhane, besides a GP, are outspoken advocates for the NHS and its request for support. She erstwhile told BBC Radio Scotland's Sunday Show that healthcare workers person had "no stop, nary break, nary respite".

Punam - who was besides the presenter of the BBC's Laid Bare, successful which radical person surviving post-mortems to spot however their lifestyles are damaging their wellness - has been joined to chap GP Sandesh since 2011. The mates stock 2 children together, lad Aanish and girl Ellora.

Sandesh is simply a Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament, representing Glasgow. He is the archetypal Hindu and antheral of Indian descent to beryllium elected to the Scottish Parliament. He has antecedently spoken astir the struggles of moving successful the wellness assemblage during the pandemic portion besides being the genitor of a young household and the strain it enactment connected him personally.

According to the Daily Record, successful a code astatine Holyrood, helium said: "When my lockdown babe was born, I stayed distant due to the fact that of the fearfulness of passing COVID to her. I did not hug her for 8 weeks, my newborn baby, but I kept seeing my patients." Sandesh besides stayed distant from his lad successful an effort to support him and support him steadfast but it had devastating effects. "I kept my region from my seven-year-old lad due to the fact that of the fearfulness of passing COVID to him," helium explained. "One day, helium asked my woman wherefore I didn’t emotion him anymore, had helium done thing wrong? But similar my nursing colleagues, I kept seeing my patients." Punam is joining different celebrities specified arsenic world prima Pete Wickes, JLS vocalist JB Gill and 80s singing sensation Toyah Willcox arsenic they embark connected their travel to effort and assistance the glitterball trophy astatine the extremity of the BBC endowment show. For the afloat line-up of stars, click here.

Strictly Come Dancing launches connected BBC1 connected Saturday September 14 astatine 7.20pm.