Stacey Dooley thinks her boyfriend would be "useless" on her documentary shoots.
The 31-year-old presenter is known for her hard hitting documentary series ‘Stacey Dooley Investigates’ which has covered tough topics including child labour, domestic violence, and human trafficking, but has said her boyfriend of seven years Sam Tucknott would never accompany her across the world for her work because she thinks he’d be "useless" in dangerous situations.
She said: "My boyfriend never goes with me, he would be useless.
"I sort of get a bit annoyed when he’s not crying and sliding down the walls when I leave for these places. I’m like, ‘Are you not scared I’m never going to return? Are you not scared you’re going to lose the love of your life?’"
But Stacey – who recently won the 2018 series of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ – says Sam knows he never has to worry, because whenever she returns from filming, things go back to normal as she always "moans" about the mess he’s made in their shared home.
Speaking during an appearance on ‘The Russell Howard Hour’, she added: "He’s like, ‘You’ll be fine, you’ll be back in two weeks moaning about the state of the flat’.
"And he’s right, that’s exactly what I do! I say to myself before I put the key in the door, ‘Don’t kick off about the state of the flat because it doesn’t matter’, I go in, the first thing I say is, ‘Have you been busy at work? Is that why the dishes are in the sink?’, I’m all passive aggressive!
"He will be like, ‘Don’t start’ and that’s fair, I think, ‘I can’t be arsed, I’m too jet lagged, we’ll resume this tomorrow!’ He contributes in other ways … not like that!"
Stacey Dooley: My boyfriend would be ‘useless’ on my film shoots
