The former X Factor winner's role on the show caused a massive setback for him and fiancee Sophie Austin
Shayne Ward has revealed he and fiancée Sophie Austin were planning to marry this year - but cancelled after he landed a role on Strictly.
"It was actually Sophie who put me forward for the show. For many years she's talked about Strictly, she loves, loves the show, so every year the music would come on and she'd whisper: 'You'd be good at this.' She always had that belief in me, she'd say: 'I just think you'd really enjoy it, and I want people to see you.' This year she said to me: 'Can I please put your name forward?' and I said: 'Yeah' because it felt like the right time.
"My son's hair is exactly the same - that's why I have it like this. When his hair suddenly became all curly and long, I thought: 'They're my curls' and I embraced it and grew mine longer. So when people comment, that's fine. This experience is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and it goes so quickly that you have to enjoy it. I don't want to get sidetracked by negativity - I just want to have the best time and give this show, and Nancy, my all.
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