Strictly’s such lockdown it’s like being in prison
Craig: I’m kept in my cell till showtime
CRAIG Revel Horwood wood says Strictly is so Covid-19 9 secure it feels like he’s in jail. ail.
He rubbished claims s it is in chaos after pro Katya a Jones tested positive for the he virus and was axed with dance partner Nicola Adams. s.
The show judge joked ked that there are so many coronavirus navirus checks backstage it is like facing prison security. . And he compared his dressing sing room to being “l locked in a cell”. But he wore further fu PPE blue gloves to last n night’s show after telling the Sunday Sun Mirror: “I’m being extra, extra ex cautious.”
He spoke as a fellow judge Motsi Mabuse, Mabuse 39, and co-host Rylan Clar Clark-Neal, 32, selfisolate as a Covid precautions. Craig, Cr 55, said: “We CAUTIOUS CAUTIO Judge Craig have had our own judges’ bubble and now Anton Du Beke has come in for Motsi. I’m dripping in PPE and keeping more than two metres apart.”
Dancer Katya, 31, was said to have been living alone so she could form a secure bubble with boxer Nicola, 38, and partner Ella Baig – and does not know where she picked up the virus.
Strictly sources say show bosses have not increased the frequency of its Covid testing, believed to be weekly, despite the scare. Craig said: “It’s so secure backstage that I can’t see Katya could have picked this up here. It’s almost like prison with the checks.
“We’re temperature-checked at the gate before a bar lifts to let the car in.
“By the next section you’ve gone through at least three stations where you clean your hands. And I’m locked in my cell until I’m called to stage.”
Prince Harry made a surprise appearance on last night’s Strictly. The royal sent a good luck video message to his pal JJ Chalmers.