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Gemma Jones

Strictly Come Dancing's Claudia Winkleman says she is 'fired' after secret slip up

Claudia Winkleman joked that she had been "fired" as a presenter for Strictly Come Dancing.

It comes after she let a secret slip ahead of the next series of the BBC dancing show. The presenter appeared on BBC's The One Show to speak to hosts Alex Jones and Gethin Jones as she revealed some secrets.

While on the show, she admitted that she knows less than others on the show. The 50-year-old said: "They don't tell me anything. They tell me after they've told Tess and the press because I'm leaky."

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Gethin took this as an opportunity to try and get extra information about the upcoming series. She asked: "We'll have some new faces though, won't we? With Oti and Aljaz leaving, we're going to have some new pro dancers?"

Claudia replied: "There are going to be, I think, some new -" before she stopped herself talking. She added: "I'm not sure I'm allowed to say that. Maybe I won't. I've just been fired. My phone just buzzed! But yeah, there might be a few new pro dancers."

The new additions are expected as Oti Mabuse and Aljaz Skorjanec, both former professional dancers on the show, have announced they will not be taking part in the new BBC series.

The One Show airs weekdays at 7pm on BBC One

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