Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland has been married to his wife Patricia since 2012. The couple, who have been an item for 16 years, first connected when Patricia was working on a TV programme about the Edinburgh Festival. She is from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil , and the couple share a daughter named Sophie, now aged 10.

Despite his wife's preference for privacy, the comedian and 8 Out of 10 Cats star previously opened up about their relationship in an interview with Disability Horizons. The Liverpool-born entertainer reminisced: "My wife used to work in TV and we met very early on in my career when she was involved in making a programme about the Edinburgh Festival." He went on to share the memorable moment he proposed: "We've been together for 16 years now and got married in 2012 after I'd proposed during a Pearl Jam concert at Hyde Park.

Rock and roll!" Get the latest Strictly news straight to your inbox with our Strictly Come Dancing newsletter However, the journey to fatherhood was fraught with anxiety for Chris. Speaking to the Mail, he confessed his fears about becoming a parent: "I was in such a dilemma about it because I knew I would regret not having kids, but the thought of having kids terrified me. "The idea of being a parent and all of the things I was going to be unable to do properly.

My dad, all the things he used to do with me as a kid, taking me to different places, and the time he put in helping me build things. "You go 'how am I going to be able to do th.