Lorraine Kelly has ruled out ever taking part in Strictly Come Dancing after a judge's remark about her moves
Lorraine Kelly has candidly shared that she wouldn't dare to compete on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing after a disconcerting comparison by one of the show's stars likened dancing with her to "dancing with a wardrobe".
In Monday's edition of her popular ITV chat show, Lorraine welcomed Emmerdale’s latest addition Jaye Griffiths, who plays the straight-talking farmer Celia in the renowned soap.
As the conversation veered towards potential reality TV ventures for Jaye beyond Emmerdale, Lorraine queried: "If you're going to start doing shows, SAS would you do that one?" To which Jaye openly responded: "Yes, in a heartbeat. I love it because it's pointless, you can't win anything. There is nothing except to hurt yourself."
She elaborated: "It's to see if you have a back bone. Sometimes I watch it and on day one someone will pull out and I think 'what happened instead of your head to give up', would that be me."
Reflecting on other challenging shows, Lorraine remarked: "Now that I think about it, the scariest one would be Strictly," reports Edinburgh Live.
She then turned to Jaye with a probing question: "Would you ever do Strictly?" Jaye showed enthusiasm for participating in the dance extravaganza, replying: "Oh yes. I would love to learn those dances."
Lorraine confessed: "See I couldn't not in a million years. No, no." A curious Jaye questioned: "Why not, what's scary to you?"
Lorraine explained her trepidation: "Everything about it is scary. I would run away. You know when they say 'and now the tango la la la' and I would just go 'no you're alright' and I'll just run away because it's too scary."
Lorraine reminisced about a time when Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke suggested he could teach her to dance, only to have an unfortunate epiphany during their practice session.
She recounted: "I always say this but Anton Du Beke one time during a break he said 'I can teach you how to dance' and he said 'stand up, stand up'"
As Lorraine demonstrated their attempt at dancing, she continued the story: "Then he said 'nah, nah' he said it was like dancing with a wardrobe."
The studio erupted in laughter following her revelation, with Jaye commenting: "That's mean." Lorraine quickly retorted: "No, no but you would be fantastic."
Further into the programme, Jaye spoke candidly about her recent venture into Emmerdale as Celia, who, despite being new, has already ruffled feathers.
Casting light on another potential antagonist for Celia, Jaye posited that her character could be set to "shake things up" in the iconic village, describing her as "She's (Celia) fierce and complex shall we say."
Elaborating on her character's determination, Jaye noted: "She just wants what she wants, and doesn't understand why people don't just give it to her immediately. When you don't give her what she wants, there's part of her that goes, 'Oh, good, we're going to dance then'. Because she knows ultimately she always gets what she wants, and loves the game."
