EXCLUSIVE: Helen Skelton has issued a warning to this year's Strictly Come Dancing Stars following her stint on the show, advising them to 'lean into every second' before it ends.
Adventure-loving Helen Skelton doesn’t believe in putting pressure on herself – unless, of course, it’s the “right” sort of pressure, like kayaking the length of the Amazon for a good cause.
Helen’s list of achievements includes a tightrope walk over Battersea Power Station for Comic Relief in 2011 and an ultramarathon in Namibia in 2009, where she was one of only 15 competitors to finish and became the second woman ever to complete the 78-mile event.
One reason she’s so good at facing her fears, she says, is because she wants to set a good example for her kids, Ernie, nine, Louis, seven, and Elsie, two, who she shares with her ex-husband Richie Myler. “I wouldn’t for one second begin to profess that I’m getting any of this parenting thing right, but what is important to me is that I can’t expect my kids to be outdoorsy and adventurous and take on challenges and be resilient if they don’t see me do it,” she says.
Once the kids are in bed, how does Helen wind down – a Netflix boxset, maybe? “Did you say bed?” she laughs. “I don’t think my children know what that word is! I have two terrible sleepers, my eldest and youngest, so I fall asleep when they do. My youngest was up from 2am to 4am this morning watching CoComelon !”
The word ‘no’ is a full sentence and that’s alright.” Helen moved to France shortly after Ernie’s birth, then moved around a lot after returning to the UK , before recently settling back in Cumbria, near her parents and childhood friends. She’s been rooting for her friend JB Gill on this year’s show and admits she’d love to do it all again. “It’s like the most wonderful roller coaster,” she says. “You get on, you’re nervous and you don’t dare put your arms in the air until the last minute, then you put your arms in the air and it’s over. I tell people just to lean into every second because when it’s gone, it’s gone.
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