‘It’s nerve-wracking’: Strictly favourite Karen Hauer voices fears over her future on the show… and reveals the choice of celebrity determines which pros stays or goes
Strictly favourite Karen Hauer has admitted she is nervous about not being asked to return to the show, despite her nine year spell as a pro.
In an interview with The Mirror, the dancing sensation, 37, said: ‘It’s nerve-wracking. It all depends on which celebrities they’ve signed up and whether you fit in.’
She confessed she is not sure of her fate, while admitting to her concerns about not being brought back due to her love of the programme.
Uncertain: Karen Hauer, 37, has revealed she does not know if her fate is certain when it comes to reappearing on this year’s Strictly Come Dancing
Karen – who was previously married to Kevin Clifton – also said that appearing on the show has ‘completely changed my life.’
Karen will soon be touring a live show called Firedance with fellow pro Gorka Marquez, who did not get a celebrity partner on last year’s Strictly.
Praising her co-star she said: ‘He’s very calm and easygoing. He’s made me calmer. Our roots are very Latino and fiery. We’re good friends.’
Following the demise of her relationship with Kevin, she is enjoying her romance with opera singer David Webb, 36. She public with the hunk on Boxing Day in 2018 after he flew to New York to spend the holidays with Karen and her family.
Dancing queen: She said ‘It’s nerve-wracking. It all depends on which celebrities they’ve signed up and whether you fit in’
Gushing: Now Karen is enjoying her romance with opera singer David Webb, 36, who she described as her ‘rock’ (pictured in 2019)
The star told Hello: ‘He’s my rock. It’s so nice to have someone that understands and accepts me, doesn’t judge and doesn’t try to change me in any way.
‘Everyone just falls in love with him too, because he has such a beautiful soul.’
But things were not always rosy for Karen as she came through a painful divorce from her fellow dancer Kevin with the star describing how much the process had taken a toll her life.
‘I’d taken a big hit and I was going through a whole explosion of emotions,’ she explained. ‘My life was completely changing from one day to another. It did affect me mentally and physically – I wasn’t in a good place.’
Difficult split: The Venezuelan star admitted that she ‘wasn’t in a good place mentally or physically’ following her divorce from Kevin Clifton (pictured in 2019)
Karen has been on the show since 2012 and has been partnered up for every season with a variety of celebs.
Her first partner was Irish singer Nicky Byrne and they nearly made it to the semi final finishing 6 place.
In 2016 she danced with TOWIE star Mark Wright and the duo made it all the way to the final and finished in fourth place.
That was then: Karen has been on the show since 2012 and has been partnered up for every season with a variety of celebs. She got to the final with Mark Wright in 2014 (pictured 2014)
Cha cha: Other partners of the beauty include Jeremy Vine in 2015, the pair finished in 9 place and most recently comedian Chris Ramsey (pictured 2015)
Other partners of the beauty include Jeremy Vine in 2015, the pair finished in 9 place and most recently comedian Chris Ramsey.
In 2016 she was partnered up with singer Will Young. However, due to personal reasons he left the competition in the third week.
Despite her success, Karen has never managed to get a perfect score of 40 on the show.
The closest she came was in 2018 when partnered with Charles Venn, their samba routine was scored 38.
Looking back: In 2016 she was partnered up with singer Will Young. However, due to personal reasons he left the competition in the third week (pictured 2016)
Famous faces: Despite her success, Karen has never managed to get a perfect score of 40 on the show. The closest she came was in 2018 when partnered with Charles Venn, their samba routine was scored 38 (pictured 2018)