STRICTLY bosses are busy scouting out contestants for this year’s show and I can reveal they have met with Radio 1 DJ Dean McCullough.
Producers think the Northern Irish presenter, who hosts the Early Breakfast Show, would be an ideal signing.
A source said: “Dean is definitely a rising star at the Beeb and Strictly like to support their own talent on the series.
“He is a lively personality, which would likely win over viewers.
“Dean would jump at the chance.”
The DJ, who cut his teeth on LGBT+ station Gaydio, has an interesting story as he approaches four years sober.
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In the past, he spoke about how his binge-drinking got out of control.
He previously said: “What was like a glass of wine of an evening after work turned into a bottle which turned into two bottles and then, some weekends, I was drinking like a bottle of vodka too.
“It wasn’t until I was going to work on a Monday and I was looking at the bins and thinking, ‘I didn’t drink all that?’ But I had, because there was no one else in the house.
“It was the pandemic, and I just got myself into a bad way and I was sort of thinking some really, really dark thoughts.”
