Stricly Come Dancing’s Chris McCausland shares disagreement with wife over new family addition

Strictly Come Dancing’s Chris McCausland told how we were against adding a dog to his family for a variety of reasons but eventually lost the battle of wills with his wife and daughter.

Strictly Come Dancing favorite Chris McCausland has revealed details of his falling out with his wife over the new addition to their family. Chris favorite to win this year’s edition BBC reality show, but one thing he didn’t win was an argument he had with his wife and daughter about getting a show. dog.

47 year old Definitely The contestant was completely against the idea due to the family living in an apartment and his temporary career as a comedian, but eventually gave in and adopted a toy poodle named Dora. I’m talking to Oh My Dog! During the podcast with fellow comedians Jack Dee and Seann Walsh, Chris was asked whose idea it was to get Dora.

He replied: “That’s the real point of the discussion. I have a terrible feeling that I could come across as the most unpleasant guest you’ve ever seen on the show.”

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“So, Dora, I would like to say that this is a family decision. There are three people in our family: me, my wife, my daughter. It was an issue that was discussed at length.

“I was against the idea of ​​getting a dog at the time for many reasons. As a comedian, I travel a lot, I don’t get around much. I knew it would greatly restrict my wife and daughter’s ability to go out and socialize.

“Even though it wasn’t my decision to get a dog, it would be one of the things I’m blamed for.

“We live in a flat with no immediate access to the outside. So I thought: ‘Well why don’t we leave some? We might consider getting a dog when we move house, and we can get a decent-sized dog.’

“By two months, we have a tiny dog ​​that was specifically researched and purchased for a straight life. He has such great separation anxiety that you can’t get up without him following you around.”

Chris joked that Dora was the smallest, even among the toy poodles, and that they had to get an extra small harness for her injections, which was still too big.

Chris has a good chance of winning glitterball this year by dancing with professional dancer Dianne Buswell.

He is the show’s first blind contestant after completely losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic condition, in his 20s and 30s.

Chris will be dancing in Strictly Come Dancing tonight (Saturday, November 16) on BBC One from 6.45pm.