Upcoming Strictly contestant Greg Wise has revealed the tips he received from 2020 winner Bill Bailey. <\/p>
Not long to go before Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>\u00a0waltzes onto our screens again, with this year\u2019s Strictly 2021 line-up<\/a> shaping up to be one of the hottest yet.<\/p>\n Among the celebs headed to the dance floor this autumn is actor, writer and producer\u00a0Greg Wise, who revealed he was joining the line-up in honour of his late sister. \u201cThis is for her, my\u00a0gorgeous diva sis, who would have been insane with excitement that her little bro was doing this,\u201d he said when he was confirmed as a contestant this summer.<\/p>\n And now, the Sense and Sensibility actor, who is married to Emma Thompson, has revealed that Strictly 2020 winner Bill Bailey has given him some tips on what to expect.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was first asked to do it, I contacted [Bill Bailey],\u201d Greg told RadioTimes.com<\/a><\/strong> and other press. \u201cI said \u2018What do you think?\u2019 and he said, \u2018Well it\u2019s a lot of work and you\u2019ve got to look after your feet but it\u2019s\u00a0top jokes\u2019 and I\u2019m always on the lookout for top jokes.\u201d<\/p> He added: \u201cAnd I\u2019m interested in working hard and trying something new and seeing if this body will be able to do what\u2019s asked of it. So it was very useful.\u201d<\/p>\n At 55, Greg is one of the eldest contestants taking part this year alongside the likes of Robert Webb<\/a>,\u00a0Tilly Ramsay<\/a>\u00a0and John Whaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n Greg revealed that Bill had also given him some tips on how to look after his feet.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the things that he told me, which I have done, is to get my patent leather ballroom shoes already and wear them around the house,\u201d Greg said. \u201cI think [Bill] had quite a bit of a problem with blisters on his heel over the round, I think it was known as shoe gate.\u201d<\/p>\n Upcoming Strictly contestant Greg Wise has revealed the tips he received from 2020 winner Bill Bailey. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4381,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-star-greg-wise-reveals-advice-from-2020-winner-bill-bailey.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-star-greg-wise-reveals-advice-from-2020-winner-bill-bailey-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-star-greg-wise-reveals-advice-from-2020-winner-bill-bailey-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-star-greg-wise-reveals-advice-from-2020-winner-bill-bailey.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-star-greg-wise-reveals-advice-from-2020-winner-bill-bailey.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-star-greg-wise-reveals-advice-from-2020-winner-bill-bailey.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/strictly-star-greg-wise-reveals-advice-from-2020-winner-bill-bailey.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Upcoming Strictly contestant Greg Wise has revealed the tips he received from 2020 winner Bill Bailey.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/4380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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