Susan Calman is planning to take dance classes with her wife.
The 43-year-old comic is having a great time on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ with her professional partner Kevin Clifton and not only will she keep dancing when the show’s over on the programme’s accompanying UK tour, she’s also going to have lessons with her spouse Lee so they can share her new hobby together.
She said: "I’m doing the tour, which will be wonderful. I don’t know beyond then – I can only dance when Kevin’s teaching me, he’s a magician.
"But Lee’s asked if we can do dancing classes together, so we’ll be doing that."
Though Susan and Kevin get on very well, they’ve had very little time to socialise together outside of rehearsals but she and Lee are looking forward to going to stay with the dancer and his wife, fellow professional Karen Clifton, after the show ends.
She said: "The thing is, I’m exhausted – sometimes I’ve been in bed by half seven.
"But I’ve invited them to stay with us between Christmas and New Year.
"And I’m going to Grimsby with Kevin to dance at his parents’ dance academy’s Christmas do."
And the quartet think the infamous ‘Strictly’ curse’ is hilarious.
Susan told heat magazine: "[Lee and I] have been together for 14 years and she’s the only one for me.
"So, we find it funny to be sat on the sofa with Kevin sandwiched between us thinking about the ‘Strictly’ curse, rather than worrying it might actually strike."
The ‘News Quiz’ panellist found the biggest "shock" in competing on the show was having to change in front of other people, but she’s more than grown used to it now.
She laughed: "At the beginning, it was a shock. I’ve always avoided communal dressing rooms.
"But now I strip off at a moment’s notice if someone tells me to."
Susan Calman to take dance classes with wife
