Chris McCausland has revealed the one Strictly Come Dancing moment that without fail causes his "lip to wobble" and a "lump in his throat". The blind comedian, who has become a fast favourite on the BBC show after just three weeks, admits that it's the end of the show that's the most "overwhelming" as he revels in the relief of another performance completed without any "major blunders". He's revealed that pro partner Dianne Buswell is making no move to "dumb things down" because of his sight loss and has consistently kept him on his toes.
He admitted in a new interview that he thought she was "mad" after being told of the dance moves she wanted to attempt, shuddering that there was "a lot that could go wrong". "Take that guitar leg in our opening Cha Cha Cha, for instance. Dianne’s idea was that she would do a handstand towards me and that I would grab her leg down and use it as a makeshift guitar," he revealed.
"I thought she was mad. How the hell were we going to be able to do this on live TV?" He added to the Telegraph: "We messed it up a lot at the beginning..
. We both ended up on the floor a few times, sometimes she would miss me entirely, or she wouldn’t handstand far enough and I would have to wrestle her leg out of the air." The horrified star added: "There was also that one time that she cartwheeled towards me and kicked me straight in the face.
.. I just stood there and took Dianne’s foot right in the face like a man.
.. a blind, blind man.
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