Virgin Media presenter Elaine Crowley has revealed why she's decided to take part in this year's Dancing With The Stars on RTÉ, and how her family reacted to the news
The new season of the popular dancing competition kicks off on 5 January at 6.30 pm on RTE One, with 11 famous faces taking to the dance floor with their professional dance partners.
She said, “The world has been a very grim and depressing place for the last few years, and I just — I wanted to bring a little bit of joy into my life, to be honest. She said, “I can’t actually believe I’m still doing it. To kind of admit it to other people, it’d make it very real. But it’s real now, there’s no backing out.”
"As well as that, every January I vow to go to the gym and get fit. I never manage to quite do it, even thought he gym is right across the road from me. But dancing is apparently the best exercise of all, so this is one New Year’s fitness regime I’ll have no choice but to stick to.” “I’m all about seizing the day these days. Life is too short. It’s been a challenging couple of years — I’ve had a lot of losses in my life — and I just want to embrace life to the fullest now.”She said, “I think, from what I see, it’ll be a very empowering experience. It looks lovely, it looks beautiful — it’s so gorgeous to look at. I just hope that I don’t let anyone down.”
“And also, I’m really looking forward to movie week. I’m still like, ‘if I make it that far, what’ll I do’ — I haven’t even thought that far ahead, but I think it’d be lovely to dance to something you love.” Elaine told how she’s taking part in the series for her family, and she knows “they’ll be behind me, 100 per cent”.
“And my other sister, Kathy, she says I’m joining the sisterhood of the sparkly knickers. I’m a member of the Sisterhood of the Sparkly Knickers. They’re getting a great kick out of it.”
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