Strictly Come Dancing: Ruth Langsford admits jealousy over Emma and Anton partnership
Strictly Come Dancing 2019 contestant Emma Barton appeared on Loose Women yesterday to talk about her Strictly experience and her return to the dance floor as she joins the tour this year. Emma won the nation’s hearts when she joined the cast of EastEnders in 2005 as the lovable, but slightly dim, Honey Mitchell.
I have to say, I was horribly jealous
Ruth Langsford
She was partnered with long-time pro dancer Anton Du Beke, and the pair reached the finals where they lost out to Kelvin Fletcher and Oti Mabuse in the race to lift the legendary Glitter Ball Trophy.
The couple’s partnership was admired by fans of the show, and now Anton’s ex-partner Ruth Langsford, who is a panelist on Loose Women, admitted that she was jealous over their partnership.
Welcoming Emma onto the ITV show, Ruth greeted her with a huge hug and kiss: “It’s so lovely to see you!
“But I have to say, I was horribly jealous,” she confessed as soon as Emma had sat down.
The audience laughed as Emma gasped.
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“Oh Ruth, I feel terrible!” she giggled.
“You just have the best time with him,” Ruth continued.
“Oh he’s such fun, he really is and he loves you, he really does adore you,” Emma replied, as she pointed at Ruth.
Ruth starred in the 15th series of Strictly back in 2017, where she and Anton came ninth in the competition.
“But you know you talked a lot during the show about you don’t want to let him down,” Ruth said.
“So, I felt when we didn’t go to Blackpool, I was like ‘I’ve so let him down’ and you didn’t!” she exclaimed.
“You were amazing.”
Emma was overwhelmed as the audience cheered and the panelists applauded her efforts in the ballroom.
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“Thank you, I loved every minute of it!” she smiled.
“But you’re so right Ruth, you forget about you.
“You just want do your dance partner proud, you just really want to work as hard as you can for them,” she explained.
“The aim was Blackpool of course, and then the ten and then yeah, that’s when it all happened – it was just the host amazing experience.”
The live tour kicks off next Thursday in Birmingham and Emma revealed she has already started training.
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“I started rehearsals again yesterday, so already the feet are burning,” she revealed.
Ruth said that she used to have to put her feet in ice when she got home most nights after wearing the rehearsal shoes.
Emma agreed: “They cut into your feet. I mean, I started off Strictly in a size six, and now I’m a seven.”
The actress also confessed that she feels like she is “cheating” on Anton as she is partnered with Graziano Di Prima for the live tour.
She said: “I’m so lucky, so sorry Anton. I still love you of course!”
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