Overview

• Daly revealed the decision during an interview on Giovanna Fletcher’s Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast.
• She learned she was expecting her first daughter, Phoebe, just weeks before filming the inaugural series.
• She chose not to tell producers out of concern the role might be withdrawn and because she had not yet told family.
• Daly appeared on the first episode in 2004 and has remained a long-time co-host, pausing briefly after Phoebe’s birth that October.
• The disclosure is being reported as Strictly Come Dancing’s 23rd series gets underway, renewing interest in her early days on the show.