Helen Skelton laughs off Strictly 'fix' claims as she won dance contest as teen

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Helen Skelton laughs off Strictly 'fix' claims as she won dance contest as teen
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Helen Skelton has no time for the accusations Strictly Come Dancing has been ‘fixed’ as she previously won a dancing competition.

However there were claims of a ‘fix’ after an old BBC interview with Helen resurfaced where she said she had won a Ken Dodd tap dancing award at the age of 17.

On Wednesday, speaking to Lorraine Kelly on her ITV chat show, Helen laughed off the accusations, saying she found the fix claims ‘so funny.’ Lorraine acknowledged that Helen did some tap dancing when she was ‘wee,’ and asked ‘do you think that will help you at all?’ To which Helen laughed: ‘I find that so funny, you know they said “It’s a fix! Helen’s a tap-dancing champion!”Lorraine laughed along as Helen appeared incredulous there were fix claims She explained that, like many children, ‘I did dancing, absolutely loved it, hit an age when I didn’t want to wear a leotard in public and I gave it up.

Speaking generally about her excitement for the show, Helen said: ‘I love the challenge and I love the learning, it’s an amazing experience and technically it’s work so it’s winner winner winner.More:

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