Strictly star Robert Webb’s famous wife, their ‘fights’ and parenting advice

The comic was instructed he had only one 12 months to reside after a routine check-up flagged up a critical coronary heart situation, however along with his spouse Abigail Burdess by his aspect, he is able to tackle Strictly Come Dancing

Peep Present favorite Robert Webb is heading to the Strictly dance flooring, only one 12 months after present process main surgical procedure.

The 48-year-old actor and comic, who shot to fame along with his position as Jeremy “Jez” Usborne within the Channel four sitcom Peep Present, additionally took half in – and received – the primary sequence of Let’s Dance For Comedian Reduction in 2009 with a routine primarily based on Hollywood movie Flashdance.

Talking about requested what motivated him to participate, he stated: “It’s partly my age and it’s partly, almost two years in the past I had fairly a giant deal well being factor.

“I had open-heart surgical procedure, so since then, I believe my perspective is principally, ‘That is no time to be cool and sitting on the edges watching different folks doing the dancing’.

“When you have obtained one thing to supply, it may be time to supply it.”

He added: “I’ve spent the previous few years doing quite a lot of writing with How To Be A Boy and Come Once more and I’ve felt fairly itchy and only a must reconnect with the viewers as a performer.

“It seems to be like quite a lot of enjoyable. Very laborious, however enjoyable.”

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And cheering him on the sidelines can be his spouse, Abigail Burdess.

Other than her stint in BBC medical drama Casualty as a journey agent in 2010, Abigail is greatest recognized for her comedy writing for tv, radio and stage productions just like the BAFTA-nominated Sorry I’ve Received No Head (CBBC) and Watson and Oliver (BBC2).

Robert met Abigail whereas recording the radio sketch present The Bleak Previous Store of Stuff, and in 2006 they tied the knot with Robert’s comedy companion David Mitchell performing as greatest man.

When requested by Life-style Day by day what it is like being married to a fellow comic, Robert revealed that he and his spouse are like another married couple.

He stated: “Like another couple, we battle, however in all probability utilizing barely extra silly voices. We’re probably not aggressive with one another.”

Robert added: “There’s a disparity between who’s had a break when. I had a large break with Peep Present in 2003 however it hasn’t actually occurred for Abi in fairly the identical means.

“She’s very profitable in contrast with most actors and writers in that she makes a residing, however she hasn’t had the ludicrous luck that I’ve.”

The couple lives in Kilburn, north London, with their two daughters.

Of parenting daughters, Robert has stated: “Parenting ladies makes you fairly gender-conscious.

“It’s virtually unimaginable to battle the ability of pink.

“It’s not such a horrible factor to wish to be a princess whenever you’re 5, however it will be good if there have been another choices.”

Robert underwent critical emergency coronary heart surgical procedure final 12 months after discovering in 2019 that he was affected by a coronary heart murmur – a near-death expertise that pushed him to participate on this years Strictly.

“I suppose it’s half [of recovering]. You get to some extent in life the place you suppose ‘that is no time to be cool’ and these experiences do not come alongside each 5 minutes so all of the sudden it felt impolite to not [take part].”

He added: “I would not say it is an apparent option to recuperate from coronary heart surgical procedure, they do not put it on the web site!”

Robert hopes to win over the judges, and public, by milking his operation. “I’m going to say it as usually as attainable,” he jokes.

“Really, it’ll be the 2 12 months anniversary of my coronary heart surgical procedure on Halloween, in order that would be the present the place I get my scar coated in glitter.”

*Strictly Come Dancing is again on BBC One tonight (Saturday, September 25) at 7.45pm.

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