Helen Skelton's friends have said they are worried she is 'putting too much pressure' on herself as a single mum.
The former Blue Peter star is currently competing in the 2022 series of Strictly Come Dancing as well as navigating life as a newly single mum.
A source has suggested that Helen's friend fear she is taking on too much.
They told New magazine: "She has three young children, her little girl is almost walking, a lot has gone on with her ex, there are a lot of firsts coming up with the baby. She wants to be there for them all but also give all her time to Strictly because she knows it is going to change her life.
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"She's working so hard - she's like Super Mum. She's got a huge work load with the rehearsals and is still looking after the kids - there is no day off. It's hard work but thankfully she has a lot of support."
Helen has three children, Ernie, seven, Louis, five and nine-month-old Elsie.
The source added: "There is a worry that she is putting a bit too much pressure on herself. There's only one Helen and she needs to remember that."
The mum-of-three and husband Richie Myler announced their split just four months after Elsie was born.
The pair were married for eight years before their split and Richie is now in a new relationship with Stephanie Thirkill, whose father is the president of Richie's rugby team, Leeds Rhinos.
Helen took to the Strictly dancefloor for the first time last weekend where she showed off her dancing skills.
Alongside her partner Gorka Marquez, the TV star danced an American Smooth to You Send Me by Aretha Franklin, and were placed 6th on the leaderboard with a respectable score of 26.
However, Helen revealed that she was full of nerves ahead of her performance.
She admitted that she ran through a fire escape before her first dance.
The 39-year-old said of Saturday’s debut on the BBC show: "I had a little cry. I’m normally cool, calm and collected. I got on the dance floor and they said, 'When the audience come in...' and I went, 'Oh crikey, yeah, there’s people'. I was like, 'There’s a fire door, there, I can get out of it,' and I did.
"And Gorka found me and said, 'What are you doing?' I said, 'Just having a minute.' I literally ran. It was like when I did Celeb SAS, I tried to escape that."
Helen said while on the set of Strictly, no one has any personal space and that 'boundaries are no existent'.
She said: "I don’t want to sound ungrateful, but it’s very weird. Personal space? You wave goodbye to that. Boundaries are non-existent. You walk in and they go, ‘Do you want a fake tan?’ Before you know it you’re naked with a load of people spraying you."
