James Haskell reveals how marriage to Chloe Madeley made him turn down Strictly

James Haskell divulged that helium was offered a spot connected BBC Strictly Come Dancing, but his then-marriage to Chloe Madeley meant that helium chose to look the trials of I’m a Celebrity instead

James Haskell, 39, has revealed that alternatively of entering the jungle, helium could person been successful the ballroom.

The erstwhile England rugby pro competed connected I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! backmost successful 2019, but shared that the BBC besides offered him a spot successful Strictly Come Dancing .

At the time, James was joined to Chloe Madeley , 37, and his vows yet ended up stopping him from donning his dancing shoes. The exes tied the knot successful 2018, earlier calling it quits past twelvemonth . Early connected successful the marriage, however, James enactment Chloe archetypal erstwhile deciding betwixt the 2 shows.

“I did it due to the fact that it was a mega show,” James told Spin Genie of his prime to participate I’m a Celeb. He added, “I've been asked to bash Strictly.”

He past explained that his matrimony to Chloe made him deliberation doubly astir going connected Strictly, with fears of what the Strictly Curse mightiness mean for his relationship. He shared, “I didn't deliberation I was going to beryllium bully astatine dancing and past there's evidently the Strictly curse and I was joined truthful it conscionable wasn’t a bully thought astatine the time, trying to unreal to beryllium sexy with idiosyncratic for 12 hours a day, each day. I deliberation it would’ve been a disaster. So I conscionable decided that I'm a Celeb was the champion happening for me. No rugby subordinate had ever done it truthful I thought, wherefore not?”

James lasted 17 days successful the jungle, and placed 9th contempt his competitory streak. EastEnders prima Jacqueline Jossa ended up winning the crown, and James gushed implicit her determination contempt facing immoderate cringeworthy challenges.

“Every clip she got a situation she would person a meltdown but past she smashed it. She amazed herself and radical emotion a plucky and brave person. She was truly beauteous and it each benignant of came retired arsenic a truly bully benignant of story, and she was yet superb and an astonishing queen of the jungle,” helium said,

The sportsman besides revealed whether oregon not we could expect to spot him connected Strictly present that he’s single, but admitted, “You cognize what? I don’t deliberation I could due to the fact that of my carnal limitations - my ankles are truthful bad.” Although James counted himself retired of a foxtrotting future, however, helium hinted that helium could beryllium tempted to beryllium connected our screens again soon.

“I would decidedly bash world TV again. I'd beryllium truly keen to bash it. I conscionable deliberation immoderate of the formats person been done to decease present and I would similar to bash thing that was somewhat different. Loads of rugby players person done Strictly and I conscionable deliberation it’s a spot of a minefield astatine the infinitesimal with everything that’s going connected there. I’d emotion to bash Celebrity SAS. I'm conscionable a monolithic amusement disconnected and performer,” helium divulged.

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