Huw Edwards hasn’t been asked to do ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 57-year-old newsreader – who was sat in the audience as a guest on the BBC One ballroom and Latin show last year – has clarified his comments earlier this year that suggested he was officially asked to sign up, and admitted "just the thought" of hitting the dancefloor in front of the nation makes him "terrified".
The broadcaster also admitted that he would struggle to fit in rehearsals with his day job.
Speaking to press backstage at the 2019 BAFTA TV Awards at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank on Sunday (12.05.19) – where his live coverage of the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance was honoured in the Live Event category – Huw said: I’ve not been asked to do it [Strictly].
"I’d have a conversation about it, but it’s quite a difficult thing to do with my day to day job. That’s the strongest hint I’ll give you.
"Combining that with BBC’s chief news anchor would be quite difficult."
However, that doesn’t mean he’s ruled out the gig in the future, though he admitted his kids would be less than impressed if he did take part.
He added: "I mean in future, when my professional life may be in a different shape, maybe it’ll look like a different kind of challenge.
"Am I terrified by the thought of it? Yes. Do my kids want me to do it? No. So all of these things are factors but the honest answer is, I’ve not been asked and if I were I’d find it quite difficult with the current job I’m doing. And that’s being more open than I should have been."
Huw – who was labelled a "silver fox" after shedding three stone last summer – had hinted he’d been asked when he said he wanted to "gauge public opinion" before he agrees to anything.
He said: "Following my stellar appearance reading out the terms and conditions in early December, where I basically set the British television world alight, I was asked if I’d consider Strictly.
"And I think the answer is, Steve, I’ve come here today for some advice. Despite all appearances, I am quite shy."
He also admitted to being intimated by the glitzy costumes.
He added: "That’s what scares me."
"I think I’ve just got to ponder it . . . just gauge public opinion."
Huw Edwards wasn’t officially ‘asked’ to do Strictly
