Catherine Tyldesley’s husband is being teased about the Strictly ‘curse’, according to a report.
Former Corrie star Catherine – married to personal trainer Tom Pitfield for three years – revealed that his friends started joking she will leave him for a pro dancer after she signed up for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Catherine told The Sun: “He’s got a WhatsApp group with his mates, a lot of them rugby players, and there is a lot of banter.
It’s important to us that you never miss our articles when searching for stories! We have all the latest TV & Celebrity news to share with our community of loyal readers.
Click here and tick Entertainmentdaily.com
“They’re all like, ‘Oh mate, you’re screwed, she’s gonna run off.’ But I’m just like ‘Whatevs,’ because it’s not something I’m worried about. We are happily married. Tom has actually just been super supportive and really excited for me.”
Read more: Love Island’s Amy Hart pleads with trolls to stop making ‘hurtful’ comments
Catherine – who shares son Alfie, four, with Tom – insisted her husband doesn’t care she will be partnered with a hunky dancer as he is used to her kissing other men on screen in Coronation Street.
She said: “Tom has been on set when I have been snogging the face off actors. And I am used to faking my emotions, so to me it’s not a thing.”
Judge Craig Revel Horwood previously dismissed claims the series is to blame for any failed relationships, insisting the ‘curse’ never strikes anyone in a “strong, loving relationship”.
He explained: “You’re dancing up close and personal and spending all of your time with that one person. Of course people fall in love.
Read more: Giovanni Pernice “absolutely terrified” after ‘being sprayed in the eyes by muggers’
“But my point is, if your relationship in real life is suffering anyway, it’s going to happen anyway whether it happens on Strictly … or in real life.
“If you have a strong loving relationship in the first place, that stuff just doesn’t happen.”
Catherine also revealed that she was expecting to be partnered with either Aljaz Skorjanec, or Johannes Radebe, because she is 5ft 6.
She also admitted to being full of nerves – and said she had warned people off wagering on her to win because she “genuinely cannot dance”.
View this post on Instagram
Eeeeeeeek! @bbcstrictly #strictly #whatamIdoing #cantdance 😂😂🙈🙈💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💥💥💥💥🤔
– The 2019 series of Strictly Come Dancing launches tonight at 7.10pm
Leave us a comment on our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and let us know what you think of this story.