Fern stands by her Strictly tan

TV presenter Fern Britton has revealed that her decision to use spray tan on Strictly Come Dancing has resulted in her husband sleeping in the spare room.

The star, 55, who is married to TV chef Phil Vickery, said that the couple had their biggest fallout when she first used fake tan several years ago.

Britton, who is competing against the likes of Olympic stars Victoria Pendleton and Louis Smith, Kimberley Walsh and Denise Van Outen on the new series of the BBC1 show, told the Radio Times that she had now insisted on going bronze despite Vickery hating the smell.

“I have convinced him it’s an essential part of the Strictly experience and he will be sleeping in the spare room on spray-tan days,” she said