Will Best reveals exactly how Strictly celebs are paired up with pro dancers – and the DOUBLE insult he got on first day

WILL Best has revealed how Strictly Come Dancing’s celebrities are paired up with pro dancers – and the double insult he received on his first day. Big Brother host Will, 41, is part of the 2026 class of famous faces taking to the dance floor. Strictly Come Dancing star Will Best has told of a double insult he received on his first day of rehearsals Credit: PA Speaking on the Hits Radio Breakfast Show, Will opened up about meeting the pro dancers Credit: Hits Radio The Sun told how rehearsals for the upcoming series had begun ahead of launching on screens next month. Speaking on the Hits Radio Breakfast Show, Will told co-host Fleur East: “We had our first official day and it was really sweet. Sign up for the TV newsletter Thank you! “All the team, the producers did little speeches talking about how it’s a big family and everyone’s really nice and it did feel like that. “I learnt a lot about myself in terms of how I dance – it’s obviously the first day I’d done any ballroom dancing, and the pros were there and we were doing little dance masterclasses with them.” Two female dancers compared Will’s dancing face to Jim Carrey’s character in The Mask Credit: BBC Will is best known for co-hosting Big Brother alongside AJ Odudu Credit: Rex He went on: “They were seeing what the chemistry was like between the celebs and the pros to see who you might get paired with and all the male celebs would stand in a circle facing outwards. “The female pros would dance with each of you really quickly for a few seconds, a few bars, and then they move on to the next person going round in these circles. “Two of the female pros commented on my ‘dancing face’, I didn’t realise that I dance more with my face than with my legs. “Two of them separately and unprompted said ‘It’s like dancing with Jim Carrey in The Mask’. Two of them said the exact same thing!” Most read in TV Among those joining Will in this year’s series are EastEnders legend Lacey Turner, Love Island winner Dani Dyer and Gavin and Stacey‘s Melanie Walters. Fleur herself is no stranger to Strictly, having competed in 2022 and formerly hosted spin-off It Takes Two. Comment now