Stacey Dooley admits her romance with Kevin Clifton is "amazing".
The 32-year-old television presenter began dating the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional after the pair won the 2018 series of the BBC ballroom show, and the star has gushed about her relationship with the BBC dancer insisting she is "happy" and feels "very lucky" to have him.
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, she said: "Kev and I have agreed not to go into too much detail about our private lives because you can’t really indulge that and then ask for privacy.
"That’s why we’ve turned down interviews that have offered us tens of thousands of pounds. What I am happy to say is Kev’s amazing, I’m happy, life happens, I’ve got an amazing career and I’m very lucky."
And Stacey thought she deserved to win the prestigious Glitterball trophy because she "worked really hard" to win the series, and had no idea how to do the "waltz" before starring on the show.
Opening up about last year’s ‘Strictly’ final, she said: "I thought: ‘Why not? Someone’s got to win it.’
"Yes! [I deserved to win] I worked really hard. I didn’t know how to waltz beforehand, I didn’t know what a ballroom frame looked like."
The BBC Three star made her name making documentaries about serious social issues has also hit back at her critics who claim she has turned her back on serious topics since bagging the glitterball trophy, insisting it is "an unfair statement".
She said: "Yeah, I think that’s an unfair statement. When you win ‘Strictly’, you can go down two paths. All the offers come in, and you can do very little work and put your name to things for lots of money, or you can go back to making documentaries in Syria and Nigeria and work really bloody hard.
"I said no to a lot of things I didn’t believe in. It’s not that I’m holier than thou, it’s just that it wasn’t for me. So I went back to the day job."
Stacey Dooley says romance with Kevin Clifton is ‘amazing’
