Comedian Chris McCausland is the first celebrity contestant confirmed for the subsequent sequence of Strictly Come Dancing.
“I do not dance, I have not danced, I am unable to dance, I am unable to see the dancing I must do. What can presumably go fallacious?,” joked the Liverpudlian, who misplaced his sight in his 20s.
Strictly is because of return on BBC One this autumn.
The present has been rocked by celebrities making allegations about their time on the present in current weeks.
McClausland is a daily face on flagship comedy reveals such as Have I Got News for You and QI.
Speaking to ITV’s This Morning on Monday, he mentioned his participation in Strictly was the “worst saved secret” in showbusiness following weeks of newspaper stories.
The remaining celebrity contestants becoming a member of the brand new sequence will likely be announced sooner or later.
Strictly has been on the centre of controversy as claims have emerged in regards to the remedy of a number of the celebrities on the present.
The actress Amanda Abbington, who was paired with Giovanni Pernice, has mentioned she discovered his alleged behaviour “unnecessary, abusive, cruel and mean”.
Pernice’s spokesperson has beforehand denied any allegations of threatening or abusive behaviour. He is not going to be returning for the present’s sequence this yr.
TV star Zara McDermott has mentioned she was concerned in incidents within the Strictly Come Dancing coaching room that she now finds “extremely distressing” to look at again,
A spokesman for her skilled dancer, Graziano Di Prima, later admitted to BBC News that he had kicked McDermott as soon as in a rehearsal final yr.
Di Prima has additionally left the present.
The BBC has mentioned it’ll introduce measures to “strengthen welfare and assist” on the present, together with a chaperone who will likely be current “always” throughout coaching room rehearsals.
