Janette Manrara details 'beautiful' final meeting with co-star Len Goodman before he died
08.06.2023 - 16:03
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Strictly: It Takes Two host Janette Manrara, 39, has revealed Len Goodman "stayed until the very end" of an event at Blackpool Tower Ballroom to watch her and husband Aljaz Skorjanec, 33, perform, in the couple's "last memory" with the judge before his death. Speaking exclusively to Express. co.
uk after losing Strictly Come Dancing's former head judge to bone cancer at the age of 78 in April, Janette revealed the last time she saw her co-star happened "in the most beautiful way". Janette revealed that her husband and dance partner Aljaz was "very good friends" with Len, and spoke to him via a FaceTime call just weeks prior to his death. However, the last time the couple saw Len together was last year, when they all happened to be at the same dance event.
Janette recalled of the poignant final meeting: "I think it was last year. READ MORE: Helen Skelton makes daring appearance at British Soap Awards in sultry red dressLink"Aljaz and Len were very good friends, they FaceTimed and spoke a lot, I mean, I think Aljaz actually FaceTimed him [recently] so we're very, very close. "Aljaz and I had.
. . oddly enough, in the most beautiful way, the last time we saw Len was actually in the Blackpool Tower.
"We were there for an event and we were putting on a show, and Len was there for the same event, Len was ready to go, he didn't have to stay for the show. "But when he realised it was me and Aljaz, he came down to us while we were rehearsing. "He said, 'I can't believe it's the two of you.
I love watching you two dance together and I'm gonna stay back and watch the show'. "Janette continued in the exclusive interview: "And he literally stayed until the very end and watched every single number that we did. "He loved watching Aljaz
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