BBC Strictly star Jamie Borthwick's 'teetotal for life' vow after what he saw in pubs

Jamie Borthwick is impressing with his dancing skills connected Strictly Come Dancing. Offscreen the prima likes to stay wellness conscious and has ne'er touched a driblet of alcohol

EastEnders prima Jamie Borthwick volition beryllium hoping to apical the Strictly Come Dancing person committee for the 2nd week successful a row.

The actor and his nonrecreational spouse Michelle Tsiakkas performed an Addams Family-themed American Smooth to the film's archetypal taxable tune past weekend, overmuch to the delight of the judges who gave them 2 cleanable 10 scores.

Anton Du Beke called the show joyous portion Shirley Ballas branded it "pure genius" arsenic she praised their processing partnership. Craig Revel Horwood, successful his inimitable style, said it was "in-cred-ible", with the mates earning an awesome 38 points successful total.

Jamie, 30, surely has an impeccable showbiz inheritance - helium attended the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School until helium was 16, with chap alumni including Dua Lipa and Amy Winehouse.

The prima began playing Jay Brown successful EastEnders erstwhile helium was conscionable 12 years aged and helium remains successful the relation today. Offscreen, helium is simply a large West Ham instrumentality who loves snooker, boxing and playing the guitar.

Jamie has bagged respective acting awards for his EastEnders, including a British Soap Award for champion melodramatic histrion successful 2008 and an Inside Soap Award for champion histrion successful 2022. But don't expect to spot him celebrating with a solid of fizz anytime soon - the star, who grew up successful London with parents Simon and Sharon, who ran nightclubs and pubs, is tee-total.

"I've ne'er touched a driblet of intoxicant successful my life," helium explained successful an interview. "I grew up successful pubs and radical utilized to travel successful astatine 9pm and they're really, truly nice.

"Then they utilized to permission astatine 1am and they wasn't precise nice, and I was like: 'Do you cognize what? I don't fancy that.' So I've ne'er drunk, ever."

Speaking to the Daily Mail up of the motorboat of Strictly, the histrion confirmed: "No booze prohibition for me. I've ne'er drunk ever successful my beingness and nary 1 loves me, truthful I can't bash a enactment ban! No bans for me, conscionable loads of food."

Chips are a peculiar favourite of Jamie's but the sensible prima likes to stay wellness conscious overall. "I've ne'er smoked, I've ne'er drunk, I've ne'er taken a cause ever successful my life," helium told the Mirror. "I conscionable bash things I enjoy, really.

"I emotion playing my guitar, I emotion being with my friends, going connected small trips away. Just being astir people, really. I play shot whenever I can, I'm a large snooker boy. That's the worldly that makes maine consciousness good."

The prima precocious revealed helium suffers from emetophobia, the fearfulness of being sick. The information has led to him processing unspeakable wellness anxiety, with Jamie telling the Mirror "therapy sessions person truly helped me".