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James Bye’s wife Victoria admits she was ‘really nervous’ about Strictly curse as actor joined 2022 series-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro
‘He’ll be spending all this time with this other girl, it was a worry.’
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Strictly Come Dancing star James Bye has opened up about his time on the show as his wife Victoria admits she was ‘really nervous’ about the so-called curse.
The infamous curse refers, of course, to individuals taking part in Strictly who are already in relationships, and who end up finding romance with fellow participants.
One of the most significant examples occurred in 2018, when comedian Seann Walsh was photographed kissing his professional partner Katya Jones.
However they are far from the only ones afflicted by the curse, to the point where it’s likely to be a point of conversation in any couple where one half has decided to do the dancing competition.
Now Victoria, wife of EastEnders star James, has shared her thoughts after the actor was eliminated from the show in a recent episode.
The couple, who have been married for 10 years and share three children, appeared together on Wednesday’s Loose Women, where the panel asked about the notorious curse.
To which Victoria replied honestly: ‘I’m not going to lie, I was really nervous.’
Victoria admitted she was ‘really nervous’ about the so-called curse when James was asked to appear on Strictly (Picture: Getty Images for St John Ambulance)
James was set up with pro dancer Amy Dowden, with the pair proving popular though they were eventually eliminated (Picture: PA)
She said she felt that way even though she and James have ‘a great relationship, we’ve been together 16 years,’ because the girls on Strictly are ‘gorgeous.’
When panellist Coleen Nolan argued that Victoria, too, was gorgeous, the mum laughed and replied: ‘But they haven’t had three children!’
‘I was worried.’ she confessed. ‘He’ll be spending all this time with this other girl, it was a worry.’
Victoria admitted it was a ‘worry’ that James would be spending so much time with another woman but said she ‘had a word with herself’ and got over it (Picture: PA)
The couple have a ‘great relationship’ and plan to renew their vows soon (Picture: Getty Images)
Victoria then said she ‘had a little word with myself,’ reminding herself that James had been in on-screen relationships with other women as an actor and that had never bothered her.
She joked: ‘If I can deal with that I can deal with the foxtrot!’
Victoria’s honestly proved popular with the Loose Women panel, who noted that couples are always asked about the curse but normally say it was never an issue or even discussed.
James and Victoria appeared together on Wednesday’s Loose Women (Picture: ITV)
James himself praised Amy as a ‘fantastic teacher’ but admitted he ‘knew I wasn’t going to win’ as there were ‘so many talented people in the line-up.’
Elsewhere, he discussed an ’emotional week’ on EastEnders as the cast bade farewell to Dot Cotton with a funeral following the death of iconic actress June Brown.
‘June was an incredible character, I was very fortunate to work with her,’ he said.
‘To say goodbye… it was an emotional week.’ he admitted.
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Speaking about the funeral scene, James said he and his fellow EastEnders actors were saying ‘goodbye to June as much as we were saying goodbye to Dot,’ adding it was ‘very touching.’
Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV
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