Strictly Come Dancing's Jayde Adams opens up on "labelling" her sexuality

"Perhaps there's more to life than men."

By Harriet Mitchell

13 Nov 2022

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Strictly Come Dancing star Jayde Adams has opened up about "labelling" her sexuality and not wanting to be put into a box.

While seemingly the first same-sex heterosexual pairing in Strictly history, the comedian, who was paired up with professional dance partner Karen Hauer before their exit in week 5, told The Sun she doesn't want to be labelled as such.

"I don’t really like labelling myself, I think once you're in a box, it's very hard to get yourself out of that," Adams said.

Likening herself to Harry Styles, Adams said that she wants to be more "ambiguous" about her sexuality, and that, even though she has mostly been in heterosexual relationships with men, she doesn't know who she will end up with.

"Harry Styles can be ambiguous about sexuality, so why can't I? Who knows who I'll end up with? I've been in all heterosexual relationships in my life, but as a lot of women are discovering now, perhaps there's more to life than men."

Recently, Adams told Digital Spy and other media that her poignant decision to partner up with Hauer was based on her childhood experience of competitive disco dancing with her late sister.

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"I think my partnership with Karen is more about sisterhood, and if you're in the dance world, which I was as a child, the all-girl and all-male partnerships are quite commonplace. Obviously it's a new thing in these dance shows, the one that's in Australia and the one that's in America, but I think the world is changing and to me it just doesn't seem like anything that is abnormal to me. It seems like a completely natural thing," Adams said.

"Actually the last time I danced was with my sister... so this felt really natural for me."

Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturdays and Sundays on BBC One, while spin-off show Strictly: It Takes Two airs on weeknights on BBC Two. Both shows also stream on BBC iPlayer.

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