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“I was like, ‘You can dedicate your dance to me the way I did to you and I can sit in the audience.’

“But he was laughing at even the idea of it so I don’t think he’ll be signing up for it any time soon. He’s so busy anyway but I just thought it would be funny if he gave it a go.”

Despite being kicked off the show halfway through the series, Rosanna (40) said she was delighted to have more time for her kids again — Sophia (4) and twin boys Hugo and Oscar (3).

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“I wasn’t able to give anything to them, I was just putting them to bed, getting them up in the morning for school, and not spending quality time with them and I could see the difference in their behaviour, they were asking where I was,” she said.

“They are too little to understand that I was working.”

Rosanna said the experience was amazing for her confidence, and she has since enrolled her daughter in dance classes because there are “so many benefits”.

“I never would’ve believed I’d have the confidence to dance in front of anybody, let alone a live TV audience,” she said.

“It was life-changing, it was great fun, and we met a great group of people, I’d do it again in a heartbeat, despite how intense it was.

“I signed Sophia up to dance classes because she sings a lot and loves performing, it’s great for confidence building and your mental and physical health, there are a lot of benefits that come with learning to dance and even if she just enjoys it forever as a hobby I just wanted to get her started early.”

The mother-of-three was speaking to The Star as she continues her ambassadorship with Cystic Fibrosis Ireland (CFI).

Its biggest annual fundraising day, 65 Roses Day, took place last week, but the charity continues to take donations on its website.

This year, the CFI focused on raising awareness and funds for those with the chronic condition struggling with fertility issues.

Rosanna said the cause is close to her heart, as she has been on her own long and frustrating fertility journey, having 14 miscarriages before welcoming her daughter Sophia via surrogacy in 2019.

A few months after her birth, she had another miscarriage before finding out shortly after that she was pregnant with twins and had her

BLOOMING GREAT TIME: Rosanna launching 65 Roses Day as CFI ambassador and (above) on DWTS special with mum Diane and dad Chris first full-term pregnancy.

The mother of three said her main advice to those struggling with infertility is to stay as “positive as possible”.

She added: “It’s very difficult to believe that when you are going through it but I shared our story because I wanted to share that there is light at the end of the tunnel, you can have the family that you really want and there are means to do it.”