Strictly Come Dancing is about to hit our screens in only a matter of days, however new star Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has revealed he’s decided to safe the glitterball trophy
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is so aggressive he likes to beat his 11-year-old daughter at Snakes and Ladders. The soccer legend admits he’s obsessive about successful.
In a warning to his Strictly rivals, he mentioned: “I do know I’m going to be very aggressive on Strictly as a result of that’s in my nature. I get aggressive about every thing.
“If I play a card sport with my daughters, I’m successful. At Christmas we do all of the video games.
“My youngest daughter is 11 so we’ve to maintain on doing these sorts of issues. We play Snakes and Ladders, that’s all the time good. We additionally play Uno.”
Former striker Jimmy, who was born in Suriname, is decided to win Strictly regardless of being one of many oldest contestants. He added: “I’m going to offer it a correct go.
“Should you’re going to take part, you must have a go and attempt to actually be higher,” he defined. “I do know it’s in my blood that I’m going to wish to be one of the best that I might be.
“When you’ve gotten performed sport at a extremely excessive stage, you all the time need that edge. After I stopped enjoying soccer, I began enjoying different sports activities.
“I used to play squash, now I play paddle; dancing will substitute that for now. If I prefer it, I’ll preserve dancing.”
Jimmy has no dance expertise, so he’s anxious about being a flop on the brand new sequence. He mentioned: “I’m extra nervous about this than after I performed in soccer video games; I’ve no management.
“Hopefully I’ll get that. That is about studying one thing completely new and being out of my consolation zone and making an attempt to realize one thing.”
His feedback come as the brand new sequence of the BBC fan favorite is simply days away from kicking off. This yr’s hopefuls are already making their closing preparations forward of the primary present, however already the present is dealing with controversies.
Within the run-up to the primary episode of the present, studies discovered that a few of the contestants on this yr’s competitors had their skilled companions leaked earlier than the premiere. To make issues worse, one in all this yr’s contestants —actress and legendary mannequin Toyah Wilcox — admitted she had mentioned no to 2 totally different skilled companions earlier than selecting her closing associate.
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