Claudia Winkleman Had The Perfect Response After Son Told Her To Quit ‘Embarrassing’ Strictly Role

Claudia Winkleman wasn’t taking any of her son’s criticism when he requested her to give up Strictly Come Dancing.

The presenter fronts the BBC ballroom present, which returns to screens later this month, with Tess Daly, however her eldest son Jake hasn’t at all times been its greatest fan.

In a brand new interview with The Mirror, Claudia recalled the right response she had when he informed her he discovered the present “embarrassing”.

She admitted: “He mentioned to me, ‘Mum, you’ve got to cease doing Strictly, it’s so embarrassing and my trainer has talked about it’.

“I simply went ‘See these trainers, Jake?’ He was like ‘OK, sorry’.”

Taking part in down the function she performs on the present, Claudia added: “My solely job is to verify [the celebs] are OK and to cease talking on time. I do know I’m not allowed to say I simply paint myself orange and I learn out loud however actually that’s what I do more often than not. So, that’s the gig however it’s actually, actually thrilling.”

Claudia – who’s mum to 20-year-old Jake, 17-year-old Matilda and Arthur, 12 – beforehand informed Strictly bosses she was quitting when she thought filming clashed with Jake’s first day at uni.

She recalled there being “loads of tears” when she phoned Strictly’s government producer to tell them of her choice.

Showing on BBC Girl’s Hour in 2021, Claudia mentioned: ”’I phoned the boss of Strictly fairly dramatically and mentioned, via tears, ’Sarah I like you. I don’t wish to go away Strictly and Tess and I’ve agreed we’ll go away collectively after they’re accomplished with us, but when the primary present is September 13, I’m out and also you’ll should go along with someone else.

“And there was a beat. And he or she mentioned, ‘Fairly dramatic. We don’t begin that week.’

“I used to be like, ‘alright’. I’ve to go and put up his posters. It’s not that I like him greater than others love their children, however that is one thing mother and father should undergo.”

Claudia started internet hosting the Strictly outcomes present in 2010 when the late Bruce Forsyth decreased his workload and stepped as much as be his full-time substitute alongside Tess in 2014.

In a 2020 interview with You journal, The Traitors host revealed she nonetheless suffers with imposter syndrome on the present.

“I’m simply ready to be fired,” Claudia mentioned. “I’m ready for someone to faucet me on the shoulder and go, ‘Oh, sorry, we’ve received this all flawed, you aren’t allowed to go in once more, we’ve received Rylan as an alternative’, however I don’t assume that’s a nasty factor.

“Imposter syndrome is extremely helpful.”