Kym Marsh has revealed that it has been "difficult" juggling her filming commitments with training for Strictly Come Dancing.
The 46 -year-old presenter, actress and former Hear’Say singer shared her struggle after dancing the quickstep with Graziano Di Prima to Sweet’s Ballroom Blitz on Saturday.
The hit song was chosen to celebrate the BBC's centenary after it was featured on Strictly’s predecessor show Come Dancing.
Whilst practising for the competition show, Marsh, who attended Garswood Primary School, has also been busy hosting Morning Live on BBC One with former 2007 Strictly contestant Gethin Jones.
Plus, she's also been filming the revival of the school drama Waterloo Road while being a mother to four children.
Sharing: "It’s quite tricky. We train as much as we can. We put in as many hours as we can.
“There are some days when it becomes impossible when my schedule at Waterloo Road becomes too manic like we lost Tuesday (this) week.
“I was in every single scene, all day at Waterloo Road.
“It is difficult. I have two other jobs and I have a family. They have to be priority as well.”
The actor and presenter also added that she had less than 18 hours of training last week.
Marsh and Di Prima did win the dance-off against Bros singer Matt Goss and his professional dance partner Nadiya Bychkova last Sunday.
Talking about being in the bottom ranking, Marsh said: "Someone has to go each week.
“I wasn’t like oh my goodness this is me and it doesn’t feel nice and it’s not a comfortable feeling.
“You are dancing off against someone who you like, (and you realise) it’s actually a competition and it’s uncomfortable.”
You can watch Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday evenings on BBC One.
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