Overview
- Daly confirmed she is leaving the BBC series after a 21-year run, according to OK! Magazine and the Mirror.
- Sources quoted by both outlets frame the decision as a “fresh start” for Daly and husband Vernon Kay with expectations of more time together and with their children.
- Kay recently said he keeps Strictly on wherever he is to “make sure everything’s alright,” the Mirror reported.
- Daly, 56, shares daughters Phoebe, 21, and Amber, 16, and has discussed balancing the show with co-owning the Naia Beach swimwear brand.
- She said she worked daily on a recent Dubai trip for the brand, and coverage revisits past reports of Kay’s texting scandal and the couple’s private vow renewal.