CHRISTINE McGuinness has dropped a huge hint that she’s in talks for a huge BBC reality show.
The 34-year-old could be one of the celebrities to take part in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing.
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Christine is no stranger to reality TV, having appeared in the likes of The Real Housewives of Cheshire, The Real Full Monty and The Games.
But now it sounds like Christine, who has autism and ADHD, is keen to show off her best moves on the dance floor.
When asked about appearing on Strictly, Christine said: “I wouldn’t say no.
“I want to try to say yes to opportunities and I want to have fun.
“With Strictly, you’re learning a skill, but I’m very clumsy – I can’t promise I’d be good!”
However she isn’t as keen to take part in ITV’s I’m A Celebrity.
She added to Bella magazine: “I wonder if the jungle would be too much sensory stimulation for me.
“I want to do things that scare me, so I wouldn’t rule them out.”
Back in November 2021 Christine revealed she had been diagnosed with autism – just like her three children Penelope and Leo, nine, and six-year-old Felicity with ex Paddy McGuinness.
In an extract from her book Christine McGuinness: A Beautiful Nightmare, she said: “I have been confirmed as autistic. It’s strange, but I’ve noticed there are little hints throughout my life that I’m autistic and more like my children than I ever could have imagined.
“My issues with food, my social struggles, how hard I find it to make friends and stay focused, and my indecisiveness. The way I float through life reminds me of how my eldest daughter Penelope is.
“It all makes sense now. And as much as I’m not totally surprised, it’s still been emotional for me to accept, but it’s a relief as well.
“It was a lot to take in and once my appointment was over, I broke down in floods of tears. I think it’s because the news conjured up a mixture of emotions and while I’m not totally shocked and it’s a relief, I’m just really sad for my younger self.”
Christine filmed a documentary – Our Family And Autism – alongside ex-husband Paddy in 2021.
She will now front her own factual film for the BBC called Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism and it will look at how the developmental condition appears to have been misunderstood in women.
A BBC source said: “Christine was shocked by how autism is seen as something mostly affecting men and what felt like a gender bias in diagnosis.
“The second film follows her on a journey in search of answers for the thousands of other women like herself in the UK, who are spending years undiagnosed or masking their symptoms to the detriment of their mental health.”
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