He stepped in last minute for Jamie Laing and recently claimed his only dancing experience was while drunk at weddings.

But Kelvin Fletcher, 35, had some lessons in dance long before his Strictly Come Dancing stint was announced as per past comments he made to Attitude Magazine.

The Emmerdale star who scored a leader board-topping 32 points on Saturday, told the publication he was subject to derogatory jibes due to learning ballet when he was younger.

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He told Attitude: ‘Yeah I had the p*** thing before the acting because I did ballet. I was eight-years-old and I was playing rugby for my local club.