Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood moans fame means he can’t strip at nudist camp

Craig Revel Horwood has bemoaned being famous because he can’t visit nudist camps to strip off.

The Strictly Come Dancing judge has been firmly in the public eye since 2004 when he joined the hit BBC show as says he has been “paying for fame” ever since.

Revel Horwood revealed one of the worst things about being famous is that he can’t strip off in public at a nudist camp due to fears of being recognised or photographed.

The ex-dancer said: “I started paying for fame from the very next day that I went out on the street. There were people literally recognising me, I was like, ‘My god, I’m being recognised.’

“They were truck drivers screaming numbers at me out of trucks and people at bus stops all staring at me and then shouting things like, ‘Seven!’ Or whatever. I came home and went, ‘Oh my god I’m being recognised,’ and this is only after one episode of Strictly back in May 2004.

“The cost of celebrity, I think, is enormous. You give up your anonymity and that is really important to a lot of people.

“The thing I dislike the most is the fact you can’t do what you want to do in public.

“I couldn’t go to a nudist camp for instance, or if I did it would have to be completely inside somewhere. Then everyone would have to sign an NDA. You lose your sense of freedom in a way.”

He added: “I have to say, I felt I became aggressive in the beginning because I wasn’t used to it.

“I was scared of total strangers coming up to me and I found that weird. I would end up saying ‘do I know you?’ There have been funny times and I’ve learnt to live and deal with it.”

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