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Strictly Come Dancing‘s James Jordan was taken without warning when Vanessa Feltz, who’s now internet hosting her own daytime chat show on Channel 5, vividly confessed she had “passionately fallen in love with him” during their time collectively on the BBC competitors show. The unanticipated revelation got here whereas Vanessa reminisced with James and his spouse, Ola, about their partnership, leaving James visibly embarrassed as she declared her earlier adoration for him during a reside broadcast.

Vanessa, a tv stalwart, competed within the 2013 collection of Strictly and danced alongside James. However, their journey ended promptly, as Vanessa was the second contestant to be voted off, curbing what she termed her fleeting romantic emotions. Speaking of their Strictly stint, James jokingly mentioned: “It was actually really romantic,” to which Vanessa interjected: “It was actually very lovely and I would say for a really heady and insane magical.”

Giving James a teasing look, she added: “You don’t know what I am going to say, do you? Look at him he’s looking like he doesn’t know what I am going to say,” after which boldly professed: “For an insane 24 to 48 hours I fell passionately in love with him,” studies Edinburgh Live.

Vanessa additionally disclosed: “I had a partner at the time and I was happy in my relationship, ish. But I fell passionately in love with him.” She additionally recalled the second she met Ola backstage: “Then I remember you coming in to show me how steps should be done and then I kind of woke up thinking this is ridiculous but there is something intoxicating.” James requested: “Did you fall in love with me?” to which the host shortly responded: “‘Cause I did, for about 48 hours.”

She interjected: “Only 48 hours, but I did though and I remember you came to do my radio show at the BBC and I remember you walked out and my heart was going and I was 50 and I was about to be a grandmother.” Confessing her transient infatuation, she added: “I was thinking, I love him, I love him. Then I thought oh come on this is ridiculous, grow up don’t be an idiot.”

Further into their dialog, they mentioned how Vanessa and James had been paired on Strictly Come Dancing, speculating concerning the producers’ rationale behind their pairing. Vanessa shared her perspective: “They didn’t pair us together because they thought we were the best couple. It is my view and we can’t prove it but there are marinations going on.” Highlighting attainable motivations, she concluded, “They could be looking for friction and fireworks. I think they paired me with James because they thought we’d be at loggerheads.”