Janette Manrara ‘gets butterflies’ waiting for Strictly Come Dancing call

OHMYGOSSIP — Janette Manrara “still gets butterflies” waiting for bosses to ask her back for the next series of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 35-year-old American dancer – who joined the BBC One ballroom show in September 2013 – only found out co-star Pasha Kovalev was leaving a “couple of days” before the public were told last month, and she still finds it “nerve-racking” waiting for the call from Beeb chiefs asking for her to return for a new series.
Speaking to the Daily Star newspaper, Janette said: “We only found out a couple of days before the public did. Pasha said goodbye to us, but we never know who else is back, so when we saw the line-up we were like, ‘Yes!’
“Even after seven years I still get butterflies in my stomach until I have that call saying we want you back. It’s so nerve-racking.”
The ‘Strictly’ star – who is married to her fellow pro Aljaz Skorjanec – also confessed that she has avoided the show’s apparent relationship curse by taking everything at a “nice pace” and being open with her husband in their lives.
She added: “Married life is just awesome. We were friends before we started dating then we got engaged on ‘Strictly’, and were engaged for two years.
“Everything’s been at a nice pace so when we got married nothing changed except my last name. In my opinion, there’s no right or wrong, there’s no rules on what makes a marriage work.
“I think for Aljaz and I, it’s that we talk a lot. We are proper friends. He listens to my problems no matter how silly he might think they are and vice versa.”
Aljaz, 28, added that it’s “amazing” to be able to make a “living” out of his dancing on the popular show.
He gushed: “To be able to dance every day and make a living out of it is beautiful . We get to do this amazing job together. Every time you set foot on the ‘Strictly’ dancefloor you realise how lucky you are, a job that every dancer in the world wants to be doing. I’m doing it with my wife which is incredible.”

Source: Female First
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