Overview

• BBC named the Love Island winner as a contestant, with her professional partner to be revealed during Saturday’s launch episode.
• Dyer said she is “petrified” of performing on live television but was persuaded after Jarrod Bowen’s mother urged her to do the show.
• She noted her dad, actor Danny Dyer, and her mother plan to attend the launch recording together.
• The newlywed dismissed talk of a so‑called “Strictly curse,” saying husband Jarrod Bowen has nothing to worry about.
• Dyer, 29, rose to fame in 2018 and married the West Ham and England footballer in May; they share twin daughters, and she also has a son.