She's the oldest contestant in Strictly history.
contestant in history when she takes to the ballroom on September 23, but she isn’t letting that stop her.currently four years older than comedian Johnny BallAnd as an avid tennis player, she’ll be more than prepared for the physical challenges presented by theHowever, a concern Angela has admitted to is whether her asthma will affect her ability to perform to the best of her abilities on the ballroom floor.
‘I’m doing some breathwork. I have asthma and one of my worries is that the asthma would get in the way of my breathing – I’m doing work on that.’She continued: ‘I’ve spoken to my friend who’s a dancer – she said I need to stop breathing through my nose and [start] to breathe through your mouth.’
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