BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Janette Manrara addresses 'emotional' time amid parenting decision

Janette Manrara has spoken to her fans as she spoke of an 'emotional' day for her and Aljaz Skorjanec. The dancer and presenter continues to have a busy time juggling work and being a doting mum to the couple's daughter while her husband compete's in Strictly Come Dancing.

Aljaz delighted fans over the summer when he revealed he was returning to the BBC One dance contest as a professional dancer following a two-year hiatus and he's since been going from strength to strength in the competition with his celebrity dance partner Tasha Ghouri.

Meanwhile, Strictly fans will have seen Janette back fronting spin-off show It Takes Two, a role she shares with former Strictly contesntant and radio host Fleur East.

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Last month, she explained how she and Aljaz are trying to make things work with one-year-old Lyra, saying in a video posted to her Instagram Story: "We are communiting so the plan is that Lyra and I go down to London on Wednesday and we stay Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with Aljaz in London and then we come back home on Saturday."

Now, Janette has spoken to fans about how her parenting decision is also impacting on how much time she has to catch up with them after a quiet period online. In a new video, she said directly to her followers as she sat down with Lyra: "Hi everyone. I know I've been a little bit MIA but it's been a big weekend."

She continued: "I went to watch Strictly on Saturday night in the studio. I really wanted to watch the first 'Icons Week' and it was incredible so I'm so glad I was there for it. Then on Sunday we had Robin's remembrance show, The Final Act. It was quite an emotional Sunday."

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