New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Kerre’s dancing on air ‘I’M SO READY FOR A KNEES-UP!’

There’s a big chance that if Covid hadn’t come along, we would not be fortunate enough to see popular broadcaster Kerre Woodham on this year’s season of Dancing with the Stars.

Kerre loves a challenge, having run marathons and climbed mountains, but she’s always said a polite no to the DWTS producers when they’ve come calling in the past.

“Just the thought of it terrified me,” says Kerre, who has watched every season of DWTS from the beginning. “I couldn’t help but think how brave the dancers were to go out there and expose themselves like that.”

But then Covid came along and in Kerre’s words, it “sucked all the joy and life out of everything around me”. So, when she was asked if she would consider it this time, she said yes.

“I thought, ‘Do it!’ It’s a catalyst for change for me because I’ve put on weight during lockdown, and I’ve lost all my motivation. And it’s also a bit of fun with the sequins and

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