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Strictly Come Dancing star Eddie Kadi has admitted he was forced to lie to his daughter about his huge secret, before the news was officially announced.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old comedian is joining the likes of \u00a0Amanda Abbington,\u00a0Layton Williams,\u00a0Angela Rippon, and\u00a0Krishnan Guru-Murthy\u00a0in the ballroom this year.<\/p>\n
After much speculation, the celebs were revealed ahead of last week\u2019s launch show, where we discovered Eddie was paired up with Strictly\u2019s longest-serving pro, Karen Hauer.<\/p>\n
And although some stars nearly gave the news away, others kept the big secret tightly under wraps, even from their own families.<\/p>\n
Eddie revealed to Metro.co.uk that his dad and sister were over the moon at the news, but he knew he couldn\u2019t tell his mum or his daughter.<\/p>\n
He told us: \u2018My dad was just confused, he was like \u201cWhat?!\u201d and then he kind of composed himself\u2026 he\u2019s become my number one supporter.<\/p>\n
\u2018My sister is obsessed with Strictly, and oddly enough she was one of the first people I told at first because I couldn\u2019t trust my mum, she would have probably gone to Church and told half the Church.<\/p>\n
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\u2018So it was my sister, she was screaming, she was like, \u201cRight I\u2019m coming to watch,\u201d and she insisted, and my friends were over the moon because they\u2019ve also been part of the journey.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s a very surreal feeling, and for me, I was just numb.\u2019<\/p>\n
When Eddie was discussing the news with a friend in the car, with his five-year-old daughter in the back, he had to make up a lie so she wouldn\u2019t accidentally spill the goss.<\/p>\n
He admitted: \u2018I was with my friend and we were going back and forth about me being on Strictly, and my daughter was like, \u201cOh what are you going to be on Daddy?\u201d And I literally had to turn around to her and say, \u201cDaddy is going to be on Blankety Blank,\u201d because I knew she would tell her teacher.\u2019<\/p>\n
Talking about how his daughter feels about the real truth, and whether she would tag along to any training sessions, the doting-dad continued: \u2018She\u2019s my biggest critic, like she\u2019s going to be trying to copy the moves and then laugh at me.<\/p>\n
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\u2018The thing about her is she\u2019s so protective of me, so the moment where my pro might just be like snap at me in a nice way, my little girl, you won\u2019t recognise her.<\/p>\n
\u2018She\u2019ll come and say, \u201cDon\u2019t talk to my daddy like that.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n
He went on: \u2018When I take her to swimming and gymnastics and I\u2019m watching her I have to be like, \u201cListen to your teacher,\u201d which is so crazy that I give my daughter this same advice, like \u201clisten to your teacher, if you don\u2019t listen to your teacher, you\u2019re not going to get to the next stage,\u201d and now I\u2019m in the same position.\u2019<\/p>\n
This comes after Eddie admitted he\u2019d already \u2018crumbled\u2019 in front of Karen, and fears moments where he\u2019s \u2018let her down\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018There\u2019s been moments where I\u2019ve come to understand, especially from my teacher, my pro, she already expects a certain level,\u2019 he told us.<\/p>\n
\u2018So there\u2019s moments where it\u2019s like, oh my gosh, I know I can do it, but I\u2019ve made this mistake 20million times, and I\u2019ve let her down.<\/p>\n
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\u2018And then she has her way of reacting, and she gets in her corner and it\u2019s almost like, oh my god, I\u2019ve let her down.<\/p>\n
\u2018Because you do get to the point where it\u2019s literally teacher and student, and you\u2019re looking up to her, and you go, I\u2019ve let her down and then it is just silence.\u2019<\/p>\n
He added: \u2018I just crumbled, just crumbled. And then she picks you up again, like, we\u2019re on a journey, that kind of thing.\u2019<\/p>\n
Despite the emotional moments, Eddie couldn\u2019t hold back his excitement, and said he felt \u2018phenomenal\u2019 when he found out who his partner was.<\/p>\n
\u2018It was just exciting,\u2019 he added. \u2018This is real, I\u2019ve got my partner now, this is really happening.\u2019<\/p>\n