‘Tom is so selfless
- my best friend and
the greatest support
to me... he calms
me down’
(RIGHT)
DRESS:
ZEYNEP
KARTAL.
EARRINGS:
VICTORIA
PERCIVAL.
RING:
SWAROVSKI
of its socket, so that was the end of
that!” Catherine says with a laugh.
“He’s a brilliant trainer and we
started to do more cardio,” she
adds. “It’s about getting my legs
and feet to work that bit faster.
“They say people are born with
slow fibres or fast fibres; I think I
have extra-slow ones.”
Tom has also been reminding
her of the need to eat well. “Strictly
fuel, he calls it,” Catherine says. “So
for breakfast, I might have egg on
rye bread with some avocado and
spinach; lunch might be a tuna
steak with new potatoes; dinner,
chilli con carne with brown rice
and vegetables, and then snacking
on nuts and rice cakes.”
Their preparation is already
being put to the test – Catherine is
chatting to hello! not long after
her first session with Johannes.
“I’m using so many muscles,” she
says. “Right now, my armpits are
hurting and I’m like: ‘What is that?
When does your armpit ever hurt?’”
As for their first dance, she says:
“What Johannes has choreographed
is beautiful, with the tiniest detail
that you would never think about in
a million years.
“I came away from our first
session and felt like my brain was
ready to explode, as there’s so
much to learn. But I loved it. His
choreography blew me away.
“When we were partnered, pretty
much every pro dancer made a
point of saying how Johannes is the
most wonderful man, the most
phenomenal teacher,” shes
therine and Tom’s
n Alfie parades his
e Greatest
owman outfit (left).
e’s obsessed,”
therine says of their
r-year-old, who was
ageboy at their
16 wedding (far left)27