Former Studio 10 host Tristan MacManus opened up about a big secret on Tuesday night’s episode of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The 41-year-old revealed he kept his dancing career a secret for fear of people questioning his sexuality.
He told of the ‘shame’ he felt while secretly practicing dance during his time on a football team.
MacManus, married to Australian actress Tahyna MacManus, is a native of the small town of Bray, Ireland.
He grew up participating in ballroom dancing competitions in the coastal town.
‘The city I grew up in was a very tough city. Manly men. So being a ballroom dancer on that stage was not a very comfortable situation. “I kept it a secret for a long time,” he told his campmates.
Former Studio 10 host Tristan MacManus opened up about a big secret on Tuesday night’s episode of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
‘It turned out I was good at something it wasn’t good to be good at. It just wasn’t what you did where I was from.
MacManus mentioned that in his hometown there was a belief that dancers were gay, a perception he began to believe: “A lot of the things people said about dancers, I believed a lot of that too, who you had to be.” , what kind of person you were, if you were gay.’
“And I knew the people I danced with, I really liked them and I wanted to be around them, and I was ashamed that I didn’t stand up for my friends in that way,” she added.
The 41-year-old revealed he kept his dancing career a secret for fear of people questioning his sexuality.
He told of the ‘shame’ he felt while secretly practicing dance during his time on a soccer team
MacManus married his wife Tahyna in 2014 and the couple have three children together, Echo Ìsolde, seven, Oisín Lír, four, and Tadhg, two.
In 2011, the television host made his debut as a dance partner on Dancing With The Stars US.
She left DWTS in 2013 and joined Strictly Come Dancing UK from 2014 to 2016.
MacManus married Tahyna in 2014 and the couple have three children together, Echo Ìsolde, seven, Oisín Lír, four, and Tadhg, two.
MacManus then joined Dancing With The Stars Australia as a judge in 2019, participating in two seasons.
In 2020, the 41-year-old was announced as Sarah Harris’ new co-host on Studio 10 after the breakfast show underwent a major cast shake-up, with the departure of fan favorites Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Joe Hildebrand .
Denise Drysdale and Natarsha Belling also left that same year, making way for a new line-up.
He hosted the show for three years until its cancellation at the end of 2023.
MacManus mentioned that in his hometown there was a belief that dancers were homosexual, a perception he began to believe.
