Les Dennis unintentionally leaked his Strictly look per week earlier than announcement
es Dennis has revealed he unintentionally leaked that he was collaborating in Strictly Come Dancing per week earlier than it was introduced in a clumsy social media blunder.
The TV veteran, 69, was confirmed as the 13th and final celebrity in this year’s series on Friday, however a few of his eagle-eyed on-line followers could have already had a heads up.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain after the key was formally out, he recalled how he truly unintentionally leaked he could be on Strictly greater than per week in the past when he tweeted an extended playlist on micro-blogging website X, previously referred to as Twitter.
The one-time Family Fortunes host mentioned that the record had been meant for bosses of the BBC dance competitors and was titled “Strictly by Les Dennis”.
Attributing the error to his “fat fingers”, he says he shortly deleted all hint of the put up, that’s till Good Morning Breakfast decidied to share a screenshot.
He defined: “What happened was, the Strictly producers asked me to send a playlist of songs you might like. I’m totally hopeless with social media and all that so my daughter put it together for me, so I could send it to my agent by email but I must have done a fat finger error and put it on Twitter instead.”
Dennis additionally went on to inform how he had deliberate to decelerate after a knee operation, however when the chance to do Strictly got here alongside he couldn’t go it up.
He added: “I’m thrilled to be doing this iconic wonderful show as I approach my 70th birthday! In my career I’ve always gone for challenges outside my comfort zone and this is the ultimate one – can’t wait.”