Vicky Pattison lays bare Strictly launch and claims it was 'worst experience of my life'
Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison has opened up about her experience on the Strictly Come Dancing launch show, admitting that it was the "worst experience" of her life
Vicky Pattison, the Geordie Shore star, has candidly described her experience on the Strictly Come Dancing launch show as the "worst experience" of her life, making her "cripplingly aware of how s***e you are." During an episode of the Get A Grip podcast with ex-Strictly star Angela Scanlon, Vicky didn't hold back, sharing her brutally honest thoughts about filming the BBC show, humorously confessing that she felt like a "sausage in a skin."
The reality TV star is set to join a star-studded line-up for the new series, including Dani Dyer, football legend Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Good Morning Britain's Ross King, and Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis.
However, Vicky has previously opened up about experiencing a "mini-breakdown" following a family holiday and dealing with an "unrelenting" schedule as she prepares for her stint on the demanding dance show.
With the launch scheduled to air on Saturday, September 20, at 6.40pm on BBC One and iPlayer, things are well underway, despite Vicky's claim that the launch was the "worst experience."
She stated: "So we have filmed the launch show. No, it was the worst experience of my life."
Angela then explained that she'd sent her co-star a voice memo in an effort to set her "nerves at ease," but she claimed Vicky didn't read it and later admitted that she really should have listened to it.
Vicky confessed: "No, it was just because I was getting so overwhelmed in my own head. So, just for a bit of context, the launch show is everybody all together, all singing, all dancing, for anyone who doesn't know. It's the welcome to the series. It's big guns."
She pointed out that everyone was at "different levels," which she said is true every year, and that some people were "quite good" and "better" than others.
Vicky continued: "And being around dancers of different abilities, it does just make you like cripplingly aware of how s***e you are if ya s***e, and I am s***e. And then, of course, the pros, who are all carved by angels - I'm so sorry, where do the women put their organs? They're tiny."
She admitted that she felt like a "sausage in a skin" in her outfit, claiming they had to put a "special girdle" in hers, which she described as similar to a corset.
However, Angela then reassured her friend that everyone gets one of these.
Meanwhile, demonstrating what she called the Strictly "family," Vicky revealed that fellow contestant Ross King held her hand as he knew she was nervous.
She also confessed that Dani Dyer, star of Love Island and daughter of Human Traffic star Danny Dyer, never left her side during the filming.
Despite her initial fears, it seems Vicky eventually managed to get a grip on her nerves, as she reassuringly added that when she finally started to dance, she "loved" it.