{"id":242109,"date":"2023-11-25T18:04:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T18:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=242109"},"modified":"2023-11-25T18:04:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T18:04:11","slug":"heartbreaking-reason-bbc-breakfasts-sally-nugent-signed-up-for-strictly-christmas-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/celebrities\/heartbreaking-reason-bbc-breakfasts-sally-nugent-signed-up-for-strictly-christmas-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking reason BBC Breakfast’s Sally Nugent signed up for Strictly Christmas special"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent has shared the touching reason she's joining the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special, following some personal struggles. <\/p>\n

The 52 year old telly star was one of the first three celebs announced for the 2023 festive show, after opening up about her marriage breakdown. <\/p>\n

Sally is teaming up with Graziano Di Prima for the special, sharing snaps of them together on the set of It Takes Two. <\/p>\n

She captioned the photos: "I was in need of a little pick me up when the lovely people at Strictly called."<\/p>\n

She continued: "They kindly suggested I might like to learn to dance with @grazianodiprima in time for Christmas. I am definitely not a dancer – but I will try my best. <\/p>\n

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"And there is no one better to learn with. Join us on our Christmas adventure and I guarantee that we will all have fun along the way. Ciao."<\/p>\n

On joining the show, Sally confessed: "I am thrilled and slightly terrified to be taking part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special. <\/p>\n

"I'm hoping the judges will be kind – and filled with Christmas spirit. And I hope everyone watching at home will enjoy a little bit of Strictly magic on Christmas night."<\/p>\n

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Sally has had a tough few months, after announcing her split from husband Gavin Hawthorn in May. They were married for 13 years and have a teenage son together.<\/p>\n

Despite being a public figure, Sally has always kept her private life under wraps, never even revealing her partner's name.<\/p>\n

A source told the Daily Mail: "It's very sad but they are no longer together. I think they tried to tough it out for quite a while as they didn't want to split up if they could possibly help it for the sake of their son but they clearly couldn't make a go of it.<\/p>\n

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"They've both been very guarded about the reasons behind their growing apart but it's been plain for a while that they had been and now it's obvious that they haven't been able to resolve that despite clearly trying for some time."<\/p>\n

Sally is set to join the Christmas Strictly cast alongside broadcaster Dan Snow and EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick. Three other contestants will be revealed soon, all competing for the Christmas glitterball trophy. <\/p>\n

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