STRICTLY Come Dancing star Helen Skelton has admitted she suffers from crippling “mum guilt” over missing time with her kids to rehearse for the show.
It comes after her split from rugby league star husband Richie Myler earlier this year.
The presenter – who is partnered with Gorka Marquez on Strictly – is mum to Ernie, seven, Louis, five, and Elsie, 10 months.
She told Brood magazine ahead of the live shows: “Part of me thinks it’s bad timing and the other part of me thinks it is good timing.
“Elsie is only little so she’s not crawling around yet, so she’s little enough to be quite placid and sleep a lot. I think sometimes it’s easy to overthink these things, but when I was asked, it was like ‘You know what, yes! Let’s do it!’ …”