Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton agree that their daughter Minnie should be kept out of the spotlight for the time being, but they have opposing views about her dancing career.
The coupling is not on the sides that you may expect. Former Strictly Come Dancing star Kevin, 40, wants to keep Minnie off the dance floor for a compassionate motive, despite his own work.
‘I don’t want Minnie to dance,’ he confessed in the upcoming documentary Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over: Family and Me.
‘It’s too competitive a world. I would rather she do something else. Anything else.’
While speaking on the W series, OK! reports that Kevin, whose parents and sister Joanna Clifton are also dancers, added that he’s fearful she’ll base her ‘sense of self-worth’ on the sport.
Stacey, 36, who won the BBC competition with Kevin as her partner, thinks Minnie will be a natural gift.
‘I think she’s going to have rhythm because, of course, Kev can dance. I would love her to dance,’ Stacey explained.
During the show, spectators only saw the back of Minnie’s head, which was done on purpose by her parents.
‘Me and Kev have had various conversations, you know – do we show Minnie?’ she explained.
‘I want her to be able to give genuine consent. She’s not going to be in the limelight.’
Stacey generally spends time in other people’s houses in the Sleeps Over series, which debuted in 2019.
We’ve seen her connect with a variety of characters, including a cage-fighting teen, a child model, a YouTuber family, and a traditional wife.
Stacey will now let the cameras focus on her own family. She’ll be reflecting on how her new status as a mother has impacted her view on the parents she’s previously spent time with in the most intimate episode yet.
‘I can’t sit here and say I was ever deeply obsessed with the idea of being a mum,’ she admitted.
‘But it’s bonkers. I sound so cheesy, but you’re so in love and my entire psyche just changed when I found out I was pregnant. And when they arrive, it’s next level.’
She also said that the first few days were chaotic, and they had no idea what they were doing.
‘Absolute carnage. [Minnie]’s just screaming. We’d been up for three nights straight!’ she recalled.
Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over: Family And Me airs on Thursday 3 August, 10pm, W
