Craig Revel Horwood thinks the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ curse is a "blessing".
The 53-year-old dancer and judge believes the infamous curse – which most recently saw comedian Seann Walsh kiss his professional dancing partner Katya Jones, despite both being in relationships at the time – is actually a good thing and has produced some "gorgeous" pairings.
He said: "In a sensitive person it would affect them and I know it affected Seann and Katya a lot, that whole story, because it went global.
"For what reason, I have no clue because there have been a lot of pairings that have been absolutely gorgeous.
"You know there’s been Kristina Rihanoff and Ben Cohen, they’ve had a baby, Jimmy Mistry, Flavia Cacace, fantastic. So the curse, which I call the blessing, I think you just have to deal with it, get on with it."
And the sharp-tongued TV personality thinks it happens because "people find love when they are not in love".
He added to The Sun newspaper: "I call it the blessing because I think people find love when they are not in love. I think that’s how love sort of works. I think you have to be in a relationship that is failing to be able to send out those vibes anyway.
"So that’s my personal opinion. Not an opinion of a BBC representative obviously because I don’t know what their opinion is but mine is they should go on, do their job, do the dance of shame. Like the walk if shame and get on with it."
Craig Revel Horwood: Strictly Come Dancing curse is a blessing
