Strictly Come Dancing star Angela Rippon - whose flexibility on the dancefloor has become legendary - reveals she wants to make her late dad 'proud' in her first waltz with Kai Widdrington
Strictly Come Dancing's Angela Rippon, 79, is ready for her first waltz and says she wants to make her late Royal Marine father proud.
"My father loved dancing and if we went to a family occasion or anywhere there was dancing, I would stand on his feet while he danced around.," she said."My father loved dancing and my mother was not so keen, so when I was growing up, even when I was a teenager, we danced. I remember once we entered a twist competition together."
Angela said now that the contestants are at the half way mark in this year's series, she really doesn't "want to go home". The Rip Off Britain presenter also revealed earlier in the series that she'd suffered a painful injury just minutes before stepping out in front of the judges.
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