Stacey Dooley’s mum reveals real reason why she’ll win Strictly Come Dancing
Stacey Dooley was born to win Strictly Come Dancing – because she’s been practising since she was a toddler.
The former waitress is all set for Saturday’s final, and her mum has known for years her daughter would become the queen of the dancefloor.
Diane reckons her little girl has a “dancing gene” after being born in 1987, the year movie Dirty Dancing came out.
The finale has been 29 years in the making for the BBC presenter and the 31-year-old – widely tipped to win it this weekend – was inspired by the hit film.
Diane said: “She was dancing and sashaying around to the music of Dirty Dancing when she was two, and carried on dancing to it as she grew up.
“Seven years ago she got tickets to Strictly and took me along to watch it. We were in the audience – we especially liked Robbie Savage.”
Diane was over the moon when she signed up for the show – and not just because she is fulfilling an ambition.
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Waltzing around the ballroom instead of travelling the world making documentaries on dangerous subjects is much easier for the parent and her family to enjoy.
She said before the show started: “I’m glad she’s going into Strictly because at least it means she’ll be in this country where she’s going to be safe, not in some far-flung country interviewing a lunatic.
“She doesn’t normally tell me about the dangerous places she’s going to – and she’s done some really scary things.
“She was airlifted from the Democratic Republic of Congo with malaria after investigating child soldiers, she interviewed the Mexican mafia, and has sat just feet away from an Isis member.
“I don’t know how she can be so brave. She believes these stories need to be told. She’s been offered counselling after witnessing these situations.
“But she hasn’t needed to take it up. Being with her family is the only therapy she needs. She’s pretty tough and is a real believer in fighting for what’s right.”
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