Mike Tindall on reason he wouldn't do Strictly Come Dancing: 'It's divorce!'
Guess we won't see Mike doing the tango anytime soon...Mike Tindall previously revealed his wife Zara is the reason he wouldn’t do British dancing show, Strictly Come Dancing.
Despite his stint on I’m A Celebrity in late 2022, it seems Mike won’t be signing up for the next big entertainment show.
Mike, 46, admitted he’d “probably say no to Strictly” because it’s “not in my remit”.
The new series of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing – the British version of the US show Dancing with the Stars – airs on Saturday, September 20.
Mike Tindall on doing Strictly Come Dancing
The rugby star made his confession while speaking to HELLO! at the Legends of Rugby Awards at the Grovesnor House Hotel on Park Lane in 2023.
When asked if he’d ever do Strictly, Mike replied: “I’d probably say no to Strictly.”
He then joked: “It’s divorce, I reckon isn’t it, you don’t want that – it’s not in my remit.”
Mike won over audiences when he appeared in the I’m A Celebrity jungle in November 2022.
He went all the way to the final and finished in fourth place in the series.
He was beaten by Matt Hancock, who finished third, Owen Warner, in second, and Jill Scott who was crowned Queen of the Jungle.
It’s divorce, I reckon isn’t it, you don’t want that – it’s not in my remit.
Mike and Zara share a very close bond. They married in 2011 and have three children.
In 2023, they sat down for an interview together on Mike’s podcast, Mike Drop, in collaboration with Magic Millions.
In one moment, Zara became tearful as she spoke about a big influence from her equestrian career.
Zara Tindall’s equestrian career
Zara won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and in the podcast remembered late billionaire businessman Trevor Hemmings, who owned High Kingdom – the horse Zara rode in the event.
Read more: Inside Mike and Zara Tindall’s low-key wedding and how his proposal caught royal ‘off-guard
Zara told her husband: “We managed to get him to the Olympics, which was incredible. Trev – Trevor Hemmings – had won so many amazing things racing, in his racing career, and Grand Nationals and things like that.
“But to see his face at the Olympics and to get that team medal was amazing. And to be able to give something back to him when he had supported me for so long was incredible.”
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