Tess Daly has joked she is better off hosting Strictly Come Dancing, than taking part in it.

The TV presenter, who fronts the BBC One show alongside Claudia Winkleman, admitted she isn’t tempted to take to the dancefloor herself, after her husband Vernon Kay said he would “seriously consider” an offer to compete on the show.

“I don’t know, we never actually asked him. I’d need a babysitter!” she said at Crufts, where she was supporting the Be Lungworm Aware campaign with Alesha Dixon.

Alesha teased: “You could do it for Comic Relief. You and Vernon step onto the floor. The best-looking couple.”

Tess Daly and Vernon Kay
Tess and Vernon (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Tess replied: “Oh, there’s an idea. Eek! Shut up Alesha. He can move though, so he might be alright. Me, I’m terrible.”

While the pet-owners brought the glamour to the annual dog show, Tess said she was excited to see who would be top dog for The People’s Strictly for Comic Relief – where members of the public get to strut their stuff for charity.

(BBC/Ray Burmiston/Matt Burlem)
(BBC/Ray Burmiston/Matt Burlem)

“It’s been incredible. We filmed the show a couple of days ago, when the contestants danced together in the studio and it was the most emotional thing any of us who have worked on the show for ten years have ever done,” she said.

“These people are so extraordinary and inspiring and brilliant, and it is the greatest show we have ever filmed.”

The People’s Strictly for Comic Relief continues on March 11, with the winners announced on Red Nose Day on March 13.