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Jayde Adams partners with Karen Hauer for Strictly 2022
Bedminster comedian Jayde Adams has been partnered with professional dancer Karen Hauer for 2022’s Strictly Come Dancing series.
She chose a same-sex partner for her appearance on the BBC show because the male partners “ain’t strong enough”, in a first for the programme.
Strictly’s launch show aired on Friday where the class of 2022 met their professional partners for the first time
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The reveal saw Jayde and Karen meet on Clifton Observatory, after shots showing Jayde walking down East Street and North Street.
Come through Jayde and Karen, #Strictly 2022 is calling for you!@jaydeadams @karen_hauer pic.twitter.com/3zkY32W5ce
— BBC Strictly ✨ (@bbcstrictly) September 23, 2022
About the new partnership, she said: “So I’m super strong and I just knew with an athlete like Karen – we’ve got completely different body types but we have so much strength in our partnership. We’ve already done a couple of lifts and that girl is going up and I cannot wait. We did a bit yesterday, I can already feel Karen in my biceps.”
The 37-year-old, who is married to Clayton Wright, told producers she would not mind dancing with either a male or female partner, as she preferred the idea of lifting a female partner rather than being lifted herself.
Alongside Jayde and Karen, another same-sex pairing will be seen with Radio 2 presenter Richie Anderson teaming up with Giovanni Pernice.
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