Claudia Winkleman has been noticed with out her trademark eyeliner after quitting Strictly Come Dancing. She and co-star Tess Daly introduced in a joint assertion right now (October 23) that she is going to step down from presenting the present after this 12 months’s Christmas particular – ending out the remainder of the common 2025 sequence.
Now in a candy submit from contestant Chris Robshaw, Claudia posted for a comfy backstage snap in a black puffy coat and together with her hair swept up right into a ponytail, with solely her well-known fringe hanging free. She additionally went with out make-up for the snap, ditching the trademark eyeliner she’s hardly ever seen with out.
As she cuddled as much as Chris, he posted on Instagram: “Two of the kindest and most real icons within the trade. You’ll be missed by all, however will all the time be Strictly legends, you each made me really feel extraordinarily welcomed and relaxed.”
Claudia has beforehand blamed her dangerous eyesight for her signature look, being born with extreme myopia. She informed Good Housekeeping: “I couldn’t agree extra! Even I do know my fringe is dangerous. However mainly I’ve bought such dangerous eyesight, I can’t see it anyway, so it’s not an issue.
“Folks inform me I’m squinting, however as a result of my sight’s so dangerous, it’s made no distinction whether or not my fringe is all the way down to my nostril. My fantasy is to have it so lengthy I’ve to half it to reply a query!”
At present, she and Tess issued a press release about quitting Strictly, saying: “We now have beloved working as a duo and internet hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream. We had been all the time going to go away collectively and now seems like the best time.
“We may have the best remainder of this wonderful sequence and we simply need to say an infinite thanks to the BBC and to each single one that works on the present.
“We are going to cry once we say the final ‘maintain dancing’ however we’ll proceed to say it to one another. Simply probably in tracksuit bottoms at residence whereas holding some pizza.”
