Strictly Come Dancing star admits she likes her professional partner but ‘doesn’t have the energy for a fling’

Sarah Hadland recently admitted that she liked Vito Coppola the moment she saw him, but that she doesn’t have the “energy” to dance and have an affair.

The actress, 53, and her professional dance partner Vito, 32, have spent most of the week rehearsing a smoky pasodoble for Saturday night’s show.

But it seems the sexual tension has gotten to Sarah, as she freely admitted that she liked the Italian hunk the moment she laid eyes on him because, of course, he’s attractive.

While discussing whether or not she liked her dance partner, Sarah revealed to the sun: ‘Yes, I liked it. I’m alive, right?

‘If you’re a woman and you have a heartbeat, how could he NOT be anyone’s type?’

She said: “The pasodoble we’re going to do this week is very serious and sensual, and when we started learning it I laughed really, really hard.”

The star also confessed that she had to keep her eyes on the camera while rehearsing the routine.

Claiming there is a lot of ‘groin to thigh’, Sarah confessed she also has to look him ‘deep in the eyes’, which makes things ‘ten times worse’.

Sarah has appeared in a number of television hits and is best known for her role as Stevie Sutton in BBC One’s BAFTA-nominated television comedy series Miranda.

However, nothing could prepare her for the intimate dance with Vito and viewers will be able to see the results of the couple’s passionate encounter on tonight’s show.

Sarah confessed that as an actor you are very ‘close to people’ however, Strictly is ‘another level’.

But the star revealed that it is not “difficult” for her to get to know her dance partner up close.

The star cheekily added that although she is already a Strictly fan, Vito is the “icing on the cake”.

However, she confessed that she doesn’t have the “energy” to dance and have an affair and stated that she can only do one or the other since she is now “committed to dancing.”

Sarah also revealed that she feels like she’s carving out a niche for herself on the show as the “funny girl” while “getting into the comedy.”

Despite her comedy background, Sarah is a serious contender for Strictly’s Glitterball trophy, as she and Vito finished joint second in the rankings last week.

Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and her partner Aljaž Škorjanec also finished second.

While JLS star JB Gill and his partner Amy Dowden were just one point behind them.

On last week’s show, viewers weren’t able to vote for their favorites or eliminate anyone from the show.

However, that will change as one couple will be eliminated from tonight’s show.

Despite the news of an elimination on tonight’s show, Sarah is confident that she and Vito will make it through everything he has taught her so far.

Admitting it sounds a bit artsy, Sarah confessed that she feels like she’s learning more about herself as she pushes through rehearsals to move forward.

Sarah also admitted that she and Vito have similar personalities and it doesn’t seem like they are teaching him “strictly” when it comes to rehearsals.

Instead, she feels like someone who “believes” in her is teaching her.

Strictly’s 20th anniversary series has become somewhat tainted after the BBC show became embroiled in scandal in a year plagued by controversy.

And the BBC did not address the scandal during the launch episode even though the results of the misconduct investigation are still pending.

It all started last October when actress Amanda Abbington unexpectedly left the show before claiming that her partner Giovanni Pernice was abusing her.

The Sherlock actress has made a series of accusations about Giovanni’s teaching methods, calling his behavior ‘unnecessary, abusive, cruel and mean’. He strongly denies all claims.

Giovanni, 33, has been suspended pending a BBC investigation into allegations made by Amanda and two other famous ex-couples.

With the report into his misconduct due any day now, Amanda has reportedly been left deeply disappointed in BBC bosses fearing they are “protecting” the dancer amid the bullying investigation.

There have been high-level meetings between BBC bosses as they discuss how to present their findings, as they fear the imminent possibility of legal action from Amanda or Giovanni if ​​either of them are disappointed by the result.

After Giovanni, the show was hit by a new wave of scandal when Graziano Di Prima was sacked in July for ‘kicking’ his partner, Love Island star Zara McDermott.

Zara explained that she did not report the incidents at the time because she was “afraid” of violent reactions.

YoInstead, it was the junior production staff who came forward to share what they had witnessed in the investigation into the professional dancer. Juan was happening.

Zara told her followers that while much of her time on Strictly “was everything I could have dreamed of”, inside the training room with Graziano there were “particular incidents that are incredibly distressing”.

Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday at 6.15pm on BBC One and iPlayer.