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Janette Manrara rules out Strictly return after taking on new role

Janette Manrara has ruled out a return to Strictly as a pro dancer as she revels in her new role as host of the show's live tour.

Janette, wife of fellow Strictly star Aljaz Škorjanec, stepped away from the dancefloor last year to be the presenter of the BBC programme's spin-off It Takes Two, sharing hosting duties with Rylan Clark.

And now Janette is travelling the country with Strictly stars as the live tour returns, playing to arenas in the likes of Leeds Newcastle and Manchester, after getting going in Birmingham last week.

Janette's new job is a huge career first for her, particularly as she has been on the tour as a dancer on many occasions in the past.

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The fan favourite spoke about the tour when she appeared as a guest on Tuesday's This Morning.

Joining hosts Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes in the studio, Janette told them how much fun she was having on the tour and how notoriously hard to please judge Craig Revel-Horwood was actually being a lot nicer to the contestants, compared to how he is on the show.

It was then that Phillip put Janette on the spot about how shed like to see her career go, with her replying: "I'd love to keep presenting. Obviously I want to keep dancing, I don't think that's ever not going to be part of my life"

And then when directly asked if she'd ever go back on Strictly in a dancing capacity, Janette answered: "No I don't think so now. It Takes Two is my new home and I'm very happy there."

Phillip told her: "It's not as if you don't have an outlet for your dancing. There's a little bit there we saw on the tour, but you have your own tour with Aljaz."

Janette then went onto explain that she and other half Aljaz, who is dancing on the Strictly tour with Sara Davies, will indeed be touring the UK with Remembering the Oscars, which will also see her do some singing and it will kick off in March.

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