QUICKFIRE Strictly pro Kevin Clifton on beards Betty from Bosnia and his big idol - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity QUICKFIRE Strictly pro Kevin Clifton on beards Betty from Bosnia and his big idol By You Magazine - April 15, 2018 Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Guilty pleasure? Watching WWE wrestling. In some ways it is similar to Strictly Come Dancing, with its choreography, performance and storytelling. Where is home? I live in a flat in South London, but I’m from Grimsby and that will always be home. Career plan B? I already have a second career, running a property investment business with a friend. Who would play you in a movie of your life? Jared Leto, who is not just a great actor but, being in a rock band, also has an edgy side to him. Biggest bugbear? Directors and choreographers who use the word organic to describe what they want from a performance. As a child you wanted to be… A fairy-tale prince – he was always the guy on horseback wearing a cape. Earliest memory? Eating a plate of cabbage at my grandparents’ house. Your best quality? I’m very focused on whatever I am doing and want it to be the best it can possibly be. And your worst? I become too obsessive about the task that’s in front of me. Last meal on earth? My mum’s chicken curry and rice. Dream dinner-party guests? Robbie Williams, who is my absolute idol, Russell Brand, The Rock and Ricky Gervais. Advice to your teenage self? Be clear about what you want and go for it – don’t let others divert you. Cat or dog? I have a dog, Betty, who was rescued from Bosnia. Starstruck moment? Meeting Robbie Williams when he performed on Strictly a few years ago. Big break? Getting on to Strictly in 2013, after being turned down twice, and being partnered with Susanna Reid, who put so much effort into it. Career highlight? Dancing on Broadway for the first time in a show called Burn the Floor, and the first Kevin and Karen Dance tour last year was something I had dreamed of for a long time. Favourite tipple? Whisky, currently a Japanese brand called Hibiki. Hangover cure? I stay in bed feeling sorry for myself until I can finally get up and drink lots of water. Top of your bucket list? To put on a stage version of Love Actually. One thing that would make your life better? I would like to be able to grow a proper beard. Philosophy? It isn’t about doing nothing wrong – it’s about doing something magical. Biggest lesson you have learned about money? Don’t leaving it sitting in the bank; invest and make your money work for you. Where would you time-travel to? The time of Peaky Blinders to wear the clothes. First record you bought? Bat out of Hell II by Meat Loaf. Most extravagant purchase? A distressed tail suit jacket and a leather hat, which I bought in Los Angeles for £1,800. Nobody else likes them, but think that they’re really cool. Best present you ever received? A PlayStation VR headset that my sister bought me for Christmas. Biggest fear? Getting older and regretting not having done all the things I want to do. Celebrity crush? Beyoncé. Happiness is… Having a goal and working towards it. Kevin and Karen Dance begins a two-month UK tour on 22 May in Northampton. For details and tickets, visit kevinandkarenlive.com RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved