Nina Wadia “hated” getting glammed up for Strictly Come Dancing.
Nina Wadia did Strictly Come Dancing in 2021
The 56-year-old actress said donning sequinned outfits and getting a glowing tan for the hit BBC Latin and ballroom dance show in 2021 was not her “cup of tea at all”.
Appearing on the latest episode of QVC’s The Joy of Shopping podcast, she told host Emma Real-Davis: “My most hated thing about doing Strictly was actually getting ready to do the show.
“You’re going to hate me for this, but I genuinely – it was not my cup of tea at all.
“The preening and the prodding, and the being sewn into and the being sucked into, and the being kicked into, I disliked that side of it.
“That and that tanning thing. I’m fricking Indian, I don’t need a tan!
“They put you half-naked in this booth and spray you in your face. You’re like, ‘What is happening to my life?’
“That to me was really shocking.”
Luckily for Nina, she only had to get ready for Strictly Come Dancing a few times as she and her professional dance partner, Neil Jones, 43, were the first couple eliminated from the show in 2021.
Their fierce Tango to Would I Lie To You by Eurythmics failed to impress the judges – Craig Revel Horwood, 60, Motsi Mabuse, 44, Shirley Ballas. 64, and Anton Du Beke, 59.
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