My anxiety is sky-high...am a drinker, not a dancer

STRICTLY may prove tricky for Vicky Pattison as she will be suffering with more than just a contestant's nerves.

- BY JANINE YAQOOB TV and Showbiz Editor

The reality star's anxiety will be through the roof before anyone has even danced a step because of a health condition that brings on panic attacks, insomnia and exhaustion.

In 2023, Vicky was diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, which can floor her physically and emotionally every month.

But the plucky personality, who won 2015's I'm a Celebrity and was a finalist on Celebrity MasterChef in 2019, is ready to give the BBC dance contest her best shot.

Vicky, 37, first found fame on MTV reality show Geordie Shore as cameras followed her "getting mortal" on wild nights out in Newcastle.

STRESSFUL

But she says of Strictly: "It's so out of my comfort zone... I'm not a performer. I'm a drinker, not a dancer.

"It's been a long time since I've done the jungle and MasterChef, but Strictly definitely ups the ante on the anxiety front."