Christine McGuinness has revealed that she's being put through her paces ahead of her appearance on a brand new TV show. The former The Real Housewives of Cheshire star is one of twelve celebrity contestants taking part in ITV's live series The Games set to air later this year.
Hosted by This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby and former cricketer turned Top Gear host Freddie Flintoff, the show will see the group of famous faces stepping out of their comfort zones to be coached, trained and then compete against one another in Olympic-style sports.
The six male and six female competitors are currently preparing for their debut on the live shows, set to air this spring, which will see them battle it out in the athletics arena, swimming pool, gymnasium and velodrome. Christine has now shared a glimpse of the gruelling training regime that the contestants are being put through, with the glam mum-of-three revealing that she's now 'living in gym clothes'.
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The model, who is married to presenter Paddy McGuinness, is usually seen on her Instagram posing in glamorous outfits, but Christine has since told her 649k followers that they will not catch her in stilettos for the foreseeable future.
Taking to her Instagram story, she said: "I'm not really sure what has happened to my life to be honest. I don't think I signed up for this. What a day.
"I'm living in gym clothes at the minute, being trained and coached in something almost every day. I love it but its not easy. The girls are strong, they're competitive. But what a mad life, this is it for the next few weeks."
Then showing off her gym attire after training she said: "This is how you are going to see me for now unfortunately, no stilettos over here for a while."
The glamorous mother-of-three, who is married to Top Gear presenter Paddy McGuinness, was diagnosed with autism last summer.
While writing her autobiography A Beautiful Nightmare and filming a documentary for the BBC Our Family and Autism with her husband, about their lives as parents of three autistic children, she decided to get an official test.
Christine was told that she had autism during the powerful documentary after explaining that she'd always felt different from everyone else but not understanding why. She has since become an advocate for raising awareness of autism in both adults and children.
