Vernon and Tess had been separated for 5 weeks earlier than and through I’m A Celeb (Image: Getty)
Strictly Come Dancing co-presenter Tess Daly has opened up about her husband Vernon Kay’s health regime, recalling how he vowed to ‘get match’ in March forward of his look on I’m A Movie star 2020.
Throughout final evening’s Strictly remaining, Tess introduced that comic Bill Bailey and his skilled dance accomplice Oti Mabuse had won the competition, marking Oti’s second victory on the present in a row.
Simply over two weeks in the past, Tess’ husband Vernon was in a distinct actuality TV remaining, inserting third within the Wales-based sequence of I’m A Celeb behind runner-up Jordan North and Queen of the Castle Giovanna Fletcher.
All through the three-week sequence, a number of I’m A Celeb followers couldn’t assist however praise Vernon, 46, on his spectacular physique, which they caught glimpses of when he and his fellow campmates headed to the medieval toilet in Gwrych Fortress for a wash.
Tess, 51, mentioned that she may ‘see it in his face that he was dropping pounds’ in camp, stating that she ‘freaked about him not consuming’ sufficient throughout his time within the fortress.
‘I heard they had been on 700 energy a day, however Vern normally does about 5,000,’ she mentioned. ‘Ever for the reason that first lockdown he’s been on a mission to beef up and get match and he went in there greater than he’s ever been.’
Vernon and Jordan have a wash within the Gwrych Fortress toilet (Image: ITV/REX)
Talking to The Sun, Tess defined that when her husband takes up new hobbies, he commits to them absolutely – one in all his most up-to-date pastimes being his need to enhance his health.
‘It’s hilarious, he’s been figuring out so much since March and when Vernon will get into issues – he has his passions and obsessions, whether or not it’s golf, American soccer, triathlons and now figuring out – he goes for it,’ she mentioned.
‘And he appears good!’ Tess added. ‘He’s in fine condition. The perfect form.’
Tess and Vernon have been married for 17 years, having tied the knot in 2003 at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Horwich, close to Bolton.
The couple have two youngsters collectively, 16-year-old Phoebe and 11-year-old Amber.
Tess just lately admitted that she cried watching Vernon residing in robust situations on I’m A Celeb.
They had been separated for 5 weeks in complete, as Vernon needed to isolate for 2 weeks earlier than getting into Gwrych Fortress to cut back threat of transmission of coronavirus.
Once they had been finally reunited after the present ended, Tess shared a selfie of them on Instagram, writing: ‘It’s so good to have him house.’
This yr’s sequence of Strictly Come Dancing is obtainable to observe on BBC iPlayer, whereas the 2020 sequence of I’m A Movie star is obtainable on ITV Participant.