Is Claudia Winkleman married? Husband and children of Strictly Come Dancing host-Emily Bashforth-Entertainment – Metro

Let’s take a dive into the Strictly presenter’s love life… (Picture: BBC/PA/Getty)

Claudia Winkleman famously brings joy and laughter to our screens each weekend on Strictly Come Dancing, but we don’t hear much about her home life.

The BBC presenter and Radio 2 host is rather tight-lipped when it comes to the ins and outs of her marriage, but she does indeed have a husband.

They have attended numerous events together over they years and are still very much in love, so let’s get to know the guy who keeps the Strictly fave smiling when she’s not in the ballroom…

Is Claudia Winkleman married? Who is her husband?

Claudia, 50, married film producer Kris Thykier, also 50, at Marylebone Town Hall in June 2000.

The producer has worked in the industry for many years and is known for his work on Woman in Gold (2015), Kick-Ass (2010) and The Debt (2010).

The couple have been together for over 20 years and are still going strong (Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Soho House)

While Claudia, who joined the Strictly family in 2014, keeps much of her marriage private, she did open up last year after her family survived the third Covid-19 lockdown.

She quipped that she often questions ‘why or how’ she and Kris are still together, as she isn’t the most domesticated partner.

Claudia shared that she had never cooked Kris dinner, nor had she repaired his shirts.

She told The Sun of her Scandinavian hubby: ‘Kris is very Danish in his ways.

‘So, it’s not up to me to make dinner, it’s not up to me to make lunch and it’s not up to him to take the kids outside to play catch.’

She added: ‘In 20 years of marriage he has not once asked me what’s for dinner. I married a feminist, my mother wouldn’t have let me not.’

Claudia says her husband is a ‘feminist’ (Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Do they have any children?

Claudia and Kris share three children – Jake, 19, Matilda, 16, and Arthur, 11.

In October 2014, Claudia hit the headlines when her then eight-year-old daughter was taken to hospital after being seriously injured when her Halloween costume caught fire.

The presenter later shared that her costume had brushed against a candle inside a pumpkin, setting it alight.

As a result of the incident, the government ended up tightening flame retardant standards of Halloween costumes.

And while Claudia keeps her kids mostly out of the limelight, she did share last year that was willing to quit Strictly to attend her son’s first day at university.

While Claudia tends to keep her kids out of the limelight, she has shared the odd snap on her Instagram (Picture: Instagram)

The presenter was prepared to quit Strictly for her son’s first day of uni (Picture: Instagram)

Speaking on BBC’s Women’s Hour podcast, Claudia recalled her tearful phone call with the show’s boss, Sarah James, as she feared the first date of series 19 would clash with her son’s first day.

‘I phoned the boss of Strictly quite dramatically and said, through tears, “Sarah, I love you. I don’t want to leave Strictly and Tess [Daly] and I have agreed we will leave together when they’re done with us, but if the first show is September 13, I’m out and you’ll have to go with somebody else”.’

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After a beat, however, Sarah replied: ‘Quite dramatic. We don’t start that week.’

Claudia, relieved at the time, added: ‘Alright, I have to go and put up his posters.’

‘It’s not that I love him more than others love their kids, but this is something parents have to go through,’ she said.

Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturday and Sunday on BBC One.

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