ITV Loose Women star claps back after being tipped to star in Strictly Come Dancing

Janet Street-Porter was the latest celebrity tipped to join Strictly’s upcoming season and as Sunetra Sarker kicked off another Loose Women instalment, the panellist spoke out.

Many celebrities have been rumoured to star in Strictly Come Dancing’s upcoming season but Janet Street-Porter was surprised to hear she was one of them.

Sunetra Sarker filled in for Kaye Adams once again and kicked off this Tuesday’s (July 30, 2024) Loose Women instalment with a huge announcement as she told the live studio audience that the journalist, 77, will be strutting onto the BBC One dancefloor.

But the rumour was quickly cast aside as Sunetra added: “Or is she?”, before addressing the TV star herself. Janet bluntly cleared things up as she recalled how she’d found out she was rumoured to star in Strictly, during a phone call with her friend, Ruth Langsford.But the rumour was quickly cast aside as Sunetra added: “Or is she?”, before addressing the TV star herself. Janet bluntly cleared things up as she recalled how she’d found out she was rumoured to star in Strictly, during a phone call with her friend, Ruth Langsford.

Sunetra Sarker kicked off this Tuesday's Loose Women instalment by reacting to the rumour that Janet Street-Porter was due to star in Strictly
Sunetra Sarker kicked off this Tuesday’s Loose Women instalment by reacting to the rumour that Janet Street-Porter was due to star in Strictly
Janet said: “No. I was on my way to hospital this morning to have a painkiller injection in my hip, because I’ve just been told I have to have a hip replacement.”

Remembering her conversation with Ruth, who has taken another break from Loose Women, Janet added: “I just went: ‘sorry, not true.’ (…) Unless there’s a competition called Strictly Arm Dancing!”

Previous reports claimed that the full Strictly 2024 line-up had been leaked ahead of a major announcement from the Beeb. Familiar faces in the likes of Hannah Waddingham and Nick Knowles were previously rumoured to be competing later this year.

However, the supposed list, shared in a private Instagram story, included Blue’s Duncan James, Tracy Beaker Returns’ Kia Megg, Dame Laura Kenny, Outnumbered’s Tyger Drew-Honey and This morning’s Gyles Brandreth, among others.

Hearing that he was also tipped to appear on Strictly, Jordan North also responded to the claims in a recent chat on Capital FM with Kemi Rodgers and Chris Stark.

Kemi launched the discussion, saying: “Jordan we’ve seen a rumour, it’s been doing the rounds on TikTok, I’m going to come out and say it. Are you doing Strictly Come Dancing?”

Jordan first coyly replied: “There’s a lot of rumours for these ones, before I started on Capital, a lot of people saying I was going to do Big Brother. I can’t confirm or deny.”

He then added: “If I say to you right now ‘I’m not doing it’ you’ll like ‘ohhhh you’re definitely doing it aren’t you!’ (…) It’s just better to say I can’t confirm nor deny.” Before joking: “If I was on Strictly I would constantly look like I was constipated, it would be awful.”

Jordan then denied: “I’m honestly not doing it but no one will believe me anyway. I can’t dance for toffee, I have no rhythm, the only dance I can dance to, confidently, is a Cha-Cha-Slide. Because they tell you what to do. One hop this time…left right food stomp, right foot left stomp.”

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