Josh Widdicombe opens up on Strictly rehearsals as he admits 'I thought I'd be terrible'

Josh Widdicombe has sighed up for the upcoming bid of Strictly Come Dancing Christmas peculiar and volition instrumentality to the creation level with long-standing pro Karen Hauer

Josh Widdicombe is acceptable to instrumentality to the Strictly Come Dancing creation level successful conscionable a fewer weeks arsenic helium signed up for the Christmas special.

The comedian, 41, famed for his appearances connected The Last Leg and Live At The Apollo, became the archetypal prima confirmed to look connected this year’s festive competition.

Ahead of his amusement debut, the prima has been getting stuck into enactment successful the rehearsal workplace arsenic helium opened up connected his acquisition and admitted “I thought I’d beryllium terrible.”

During an quality connected Saturday Kitchen, big Matt Tebbutt asked Josh however it was going truthful acold and helium replied: "It's going well.”

The TV prima continued: "I'm loving it, I think. I don't know. I thought I was going to beryllium unspeakable and I'm conscionable bad." Chef Niklas Ekstedt was besides connected the amusement and chimed successful and asked: "Do they wage you for doing that?"

Swerving the question, Josh said: "On a TV show, that's ne'er been the follow-up question. 'What's the breakdown of the finances for this circuit that you're promoting?'"

Moving the speech on, Josh said: "It's truly amusive and my daughter's 7 and she's a immense fan. I brought her to grooming to conscionable Karen and that was truly nice."

Speaking astir signing up for the show, Josh said: “I americium utterly terrified this volition extremity successful humiliation and disquieted I’m going to beryllium truthful atrocious I volition ruin Christmas for the nation. Why person I done this?”

Elsewhere successful the show, Josh claimed Strictly is taking implicit his beingness arsenic helium said: “It's benignant of overshadowing everything other close present successful my life.

"Yeah, I agreed to bash Christmas Strictly, and I'll beryllium honest, I consciousness present similar I'm a dancer that occasionally does comedy.

“It's rather afloat on, and I've had much messages from radical successful my beingness much excited astir that than the remainder of my vocation enactment together.”

Josh volition beryllium partnered with long-standing Strictly pro Karen Hauer for a pre-recorded amusement that volition aerial connected Christmas Day.

So far, helium is 1 of 3 stars who person been confirmed arsenic helium joins RuPaul’s Drag Race UK queen Tayce and TV presenter Vogue Williams.

Tayce is paired up with Kai Widdrington, portion Vogue volition creation with Carlos Gu. The remainder of the line-up volition beryllium confirmed successful the upcoming days.

Strictly Come Dancing Christmas peculiar volition aerial connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer connected Christmas Day