Who Dares Wins star Nick Knowles has confessed to crippling exhaustion which left him "crawling" to his car in the run-up to Strictly rehearsals - and his girlfriend has now spoken out. As her beau and his pro partner Luba Mushtuk prepared to dance together to Starship's 'We Built This City' tonight, she took to Instagram to wish him a happy birthday. The Southall-born TV fave, who turns 62 today, is almost twice the age of his 33-year-old lingerie entrepreneur girlfriend Kate Dadzie, but the age-gap is irrelevant to them.
Sharing a photo montage of the pair at restaurants, private members clubs, red carpets and sporting events, as well as exotic holiday destinations, she described him as her "soulmate" - and it's clear she's rooting for him to win. "Happy birthday to my best friend and soulmate," she declared. Referring to tonight's Strictly debut, Katie added: "Tonight’s the big night and you’re going to be amazing!!!!!" She also reposted a new video of her beau declaring that he was "aiming" to get "passionate" with his dance partner - but made it clear she approved of their onstage shenanigans with the words "Team Nick and Luba".
She punctuated her comment with two glittery disco ball emojis. In the video clip, Nick had explained that he'd been struck by one of Luba's performances of the Argentinian tango, where he saw her and her partner "almost kiss". Saying the scene was "passionate and lovely", he explained: "That's where I'm aiming to get to.
" Luba predicted that.