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Strictly favourite reveals nerves at ‘walking away from the biggest show in telly’ but insists ‘right time to move on’
The 35-year-old's exit had stunned fans after hosting the show for four years
A STRICTLY favourite has revealed it was the 'right time' to 'walk away from the biggest show in telly'.
Rylan Clark has opened up on his shock departure from the BBC One show last year.
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He had presented Strictly's spin-off series It Takes Two alongside former host Zoe Ball and then Janette Manrara.
The 35-year-old's exit had stunned fans after hosting the show for four years.
But now, in an exclusive chat with The Sun's TV Mag, former Big Brother host Rylan revealed he 'doesn't regret it'.
He explained: "When you tell your team that you’re walking away from the biggest show on telly, they s**t themselves as you’d imagine.
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"In my heart, when you have such a life-changing reset, if you like, I knew that I needed different things now.
"I don’t regret it because I love it, it’s so nice to walk away from a success of a show on great terms with people and know that that door is open for you to pop in and see everyone, do you know
what I mean?
"It’s actually really, really nice, but yeah, I just knew that I had to go and try new things."
Rylan's TV career so far
Rylan Clark has been a familiar face on telly for over a decade, here we chart how he shot to fame and became a household name
- Auditioned for the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012, making it through to the live shows
- January 2013: Appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, topping the public vote in the final and beating Heidi and Spencer Pratt
- Summer 2013: Landed a permanent presenting role on Big Brother's Bit on the Side
- 2014: Became a regular presenter of ITV's This Morning
- 2015: Co-hosted a special episode of Most Haunted Live alongside Jamie East
- 2016: Channel 5 commissioned his very own chat show titled Up Late With Rylan
- 2017: Rylan presented brand new game show Babushka for ITV daytime
- 2018: Became commentator for the BBC's coverage of the Eurovsion semi finals alongside Scott Mills
- 2019: The star presented ITV's revival of iconic game show Supermarket Sweep, taking over from Dale Winton
- 2019: Following Big Brother's axe Rylan landed a new role on Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two
- 2020: Hosted two series of Ready Steady Cook on BBC One
While Rylan said he will always "love Strictly" he admitted he had to try something new, having presented spin-off shows for the last decade.
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Since leaving the ballroom show he has been booked and busy, fronting various new shows.
The star has a brand new Prime Video series launching this month called Hot Mess Summer.
Like the title suggests, things do get messy as a bunch of party-loving Brits are send abroad to work in a busy bar after being nominated by their friends and family.
After hosting Sex Rated for E4, Clark will also front a new dating show that sees contestants go absolutely starkers.
Dating Naked UK will follow singletons as they live together while in their birthday suits as they attempt to find love.
- The Sun's TV Mag is available for free in Saturday's newspaper.
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