Strictly star Sam Quek's husband makes very cheeky joke about dreaded 'curse'

Sam Quek's hubby Thomas Fairs has been beauteous vocal astir the star's stint connected Strictly Come Dancing, particularly erstwhile it comes to her pro spouse and heartthrob Nikita Kuzmin

Turns retired Sam Quek's Strictly spouse wasn't her husband's archetypal prime of who helium ideally wanted her to beryllium teamed with.

The erstwhile hockey player turned TV host, 35, has travel connected leaps and bounds since starting the competition. Last week, judges gave a commendable 30 points for a melodramatic Paso Doble to the opus Elevation from Tomb Raider - a 7 constituent summation from her week 1 performance.

Partnered with heartthrob Nikita Kuzmin, the duo safely avoided being eliminated and are present engaged practising the Samba up of Icons Week - wherever they volition execute to Shakira's legendary deed Hips Don't Lie. Off-screen, Sam is being cheered connected by her elusive spouse Thomas Mairs, a millionaire spot mogul.

The doting husband, aged 38, has been beauteous vocal astir his wife's Strictly stint, branding Anton Du Beke 'harsh' for giving Sam the lowest people of each the judges connected her debut dance. Referencing the Strictly curse - a fan-theory that agelong rehearsals and grooming tin propulsion contestants into infidelity - Thomas joked helium hoped Sam would beryllium partnered with Johannes Radebe, who is openly gay.

After uncovering retired she was enactment with the adonis that is Nikita, helium quipped: "Thank goodness! I was disquieted she'd get idiosyncratic young, tanned, muscley and unbelievably handsome."

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Who is Sam Quek's husband?

Thomas was fixed a whopping £1 cardinal from his parents to kick-start his concern empire, which begun by renting retired a five-bedroom pupil location to his friends. Now, the entrepreneur runs his ain company, Antona Student Properties, which buys, develops and lets aggregate forms of accommodation successful Liverpool each year.

He featured connected TV backmost successful 2010 during an occurrence of The Secret Millionaire wherever helium went undercover successful Bootle, Merseyside, and remains the youngest contestant to diagnostic connected the programme. With Sam reportedly raking successful astir £4million from her slew of TV appearances including I'm A Celeb and Celebrity Masterchef, it's wide the mates aren't abbreviated of currency - but lone Sam is successful for a accidental of winning the famed Glitterball Trophy.

According to OK! Magazine, Thomas projected to Sam backmost successful 2017 and the mates joined astatine Chester racecourse a twelvemonth later, earlier having 2 children, Molly and Isaac (who they telephone Zac). Despite attending the aforesaid school, Calday Grange Grammar successful West Kirby, they didn't conscionable for the archetypal clip until they were some adults astatine a barroom successful Liverpool.

Strictly Come Dancing airs each Saturday connected BBC One.

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