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Frances Kindon & Jacob Rawley

Kaye Adams' partner, kids and real age after she kept it secret for 10 years

Kaye Adams is known for appearing on Loose Women, but has swapped out chat show for glitter as she appears on the 20th series of Strictly Come Dancing.

The Scottish television presenter said she never would have dreamed of taking part in Strictly because she "didn't think she was young or glamorous enough". However, not only was she brought onto the show, she also left fans impressed with her debut performance.

Despite currently sitting bottom of the scoreboard with a total of 21 points, many took to social media to say that they loved the performance with one saying: "Huge well done Kaye you did a great job. Oh and great pins."

Kaye has been paired up with professional dancer Kai Widdrington for this year's Strictly season. (Ray Burmiston/BBC)

Another added: "Loved Kaye's performance this evening. Great legs too!"

As well as being a TV star and now a Strictly dancer, Kaye, from Grangemouth, is a mum and a partner. She has spoken about her family life before and even revealed that for over a decade she slashed 10 years off how old she was and kept her true age a secret from her daughter, reports the Mirror.

Before performing on Strictly Kaye turned to her daughters – Charley, 20, and 15-year-old Bonnie, who she shares with long-term partner Ian Campbell - for advice. The opinionated TV star said the most valuable piece is to listen to the judges, in silence.

"Don’t have any of your smart comments for the judges. Just shut up!" Kaye said her girls told her while writing in her column for New! magazine.

Kaye first met Ian when he was her tennis coach 28 years ago. He was then in his late 20s and divided his time between Italy and Scotland.

Fans of the show were quick to comment on Kaye's legs, which they loved. (Guy Levy/BBC)

It took eight years before they decided to settle down and have kids, although she explained Ian was 'unconventional' and marriage wasn't important to either of them.

"The huge decision for Ian and I was to have children and I guess that was our equivalent of getting married," she previously told The Mirror.

"It was eight years before we had kids and I think, for us, that represents our commitment to each other. We would never have had children if we weren’t going to stay together and getting married isn’t something that needs to happen for our relationship."

Although these days, Kaye, who lives with her family in Glasgow, admits that if Ian was to pop the question, she would say 'yes'.

Kaye and partner Ian met when he was her tennis coach (BBC)

"When we first met... I didn’t have any great thoughts of settling down at that stage either," she continued. It was just a relationship that carried on and carried on, very happily, and maybe we just passed the point of getting married.

"We don't have an anniversary but we've been together for about 22 years. But if Ian wants to pop the question and I get a decent ring and a good holiday out of it I wouldn't say no."

Meanwhile, the star recently admitted to lying to her daughters about her age, shaving a whole decade off the real number. The presenter invented a fake date of birth, cut 10 years off her age and kept up the pretence for more than a decade before finally coming clean.

Kaye, who turns 60 in December, said Charley was unaware until she confessed the truth when her girl turned 12. The TV star hates her age so much that she hasn't even had a proper birthday celebration since she turned 30.

She admitted: "It's pathetic but I lopped off 10 years and merrily lied away, including a fake date of birth which I had off pat. I'm generally an honest person but I've always been a good liar and parents lie all the time to little children.

"At the time I did it without thinking – it's just a stupid habit you get into and think it's funny. But now when I look back, I think, 'Oh my God, you were sick.'"

Kaye was 40 years old when she gave birth to daughter Charly. (Daily Record)

Kaye, who was 40 when her daughter was born, adds: “By the time she got to around 12 I was beginning to feel uncomfortable. So I broke the truth to her in a coffee shop, which was a lot more traumatic than I thought it would be.

"I thought she'd think it was funny but she was genuinely disappointed in me. I'll never forget her little face, I feel terrible, she was so shocked. She had it in her head I was the same age as her friends' parents and suddenly I wasn't and that rocked her."

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