'He couldn't contain his nerves:' Louise Redknapp opens up about husband Jamie watching Strictly Come Dancing
In an exclusive photoshoot and interview Strictly Come Dancing's Louise Redknapp tells HELLO! Magazine that it's her husband Jamie who "gets really nervous" when she performs on the show.
"When he came to watch filming he said he felt sick. He couldn't contain his nerves."
The 41-year-old, who has two sons Charley, 12, and Beau, seven, confides that it is her husband, footballer-turned-pundit Jamie, who is the tougher parent.
"Oh, Jamie's much more strict than I am," she says. "I'll do anything for an easy life. He's brilliant, I have to say. If they want new football boots, they have to earn them. Our eldest is desperate for an iPhone. All his friends have them and Jamie's like, 'No, no, no. When I feel the time is right and you've earned one, you'll get one.' It has to be for Christmas, a birthday or when he has done something brilliant such as performing well in an exam."
Both Louise and Jamie reveal in HELLO! that they are wary about their boys using social media in the future.
"Jamie says, 'I just want to keep them away from that for as long as possible and be in control of what they see and what they know.'
"They could read horrible stuff as well as nice stuff about Jamie and me. I would hate them to look at Twitter after I've danced on a Saturday night and see people being mean. I'm their mum and nobody wants to read that about people they care about."
Of the "Strictly curse", which has seen stars and their dance partners end up falling for each other, Louise says: "We laughed about it. After so many years, it'll take more than Strictly and a sparkly leotard to cause problems."
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