Karen Carney's secret connection to a history-making Strictly Come Dancing winner has been revealed as the Lioness goes from strength to strength in the competition herself

Karen Carney's secret connection to a previous winner of Strictly Come Dancing has been revealed. The Lioness, 38, is currently taking part in the BBC Saturday night favourite alongside professional partner Carlos Gu, and the sports star has consistently placed highly on the leader board .

But now, it's been revealed that she actually knew one of the previous winners rather well, and they lived next door to each other at one point, although it has been described as a "complete coincidence " that she ended up on the show as well.

Comedian Chris McCausland made an appearance on Friday's edition of ITV's Lorra

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