Strictly Come Dancing 2017: Charlotte Hawkins goes to EXTREME lengths not to see Brendan
STRICTLY COME DANCING contestant Charlotte Hawkins has taken desperate measures to avoid looking at her partner Brendan Cole in training.
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Strictly's Charlotte Hawkins dances with a box headed Brendan Cole
The 42-year-old Good Morning Britain presenter gave fans a look at how rehearsals are going with the New Zealand-born Strictly Come Dancing veteran, 41.
Taking to Instagram to share a behind-the-scenes clip with her 23,000 followers, Charlotte showed the pair practising ahead of the first live show later this month.
The footage saw Charlotte whirling around the training room in ballroom hold with Brendan, who was wearing a cardboard box on his head.
"This is working a treat," she exclaimed, adding: "Much better!"
Strictly Come Dancing star Charlotte Hawkins covered her partner Brendan Cole's face for training
Charlotte said that it helped her not to laugh
The ITV favourite captioned the upload: "New tactic for #Strictly #day4 training - covering up @brendancoleinsta's face seems to be helping.
"Stops me laughing," she added.
It seems that Charlotte has been struggling to keep her concentration as she attempts to get to grips with her first routine for the BBC dancing competition.
Susan Calman shared a behind-the-scenes clip from her Strictly training earlier today
Susan joked that her partner Kevin Clifton was "letting her down"
Several celebrities have given their social media fans glimpses at the progress in training, and earlier today Susan Calman, 42, revealed that her professional partner Kevin Clifton, 34, was "letting her down".
The comedian retweeted a video from Strictly's official Twitter account which showed the pair rehearsing, before Kevin stumbled, forcing them to come to a halt.
"What happened there? Was that you?" she joked, quipping: "It's a shame when your partner lets you down, isn't is Kevin?"
Strictly Come Dancing returns September 23 on BBC One.