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Former England Women Footballer Karen Carney The reason has revealed that she joined the artists strictly Come Dancing This year.
The 38 -year -old lioness Star has been paired with professional dancer Carlos Gu in the 23rd series of the hit BBC dancing program.
Since retiring from football in 2019, former Chelsea and Arsenal players have become a regular football pundit, who are visible TNT sports, Sky sports And ITV game.
But after facing backlash over her role, she said that she had joined the show to “rebuild her confidence”.
Carney talked about criticisms that she faced as a woman talking about men’s football and also told the podcast of women’s health: “I think it was quite bad about four years ago, it was very, very challenging.
“But since then, whether you like it or not, you have to build flexibility. And I think, for me, my attitude – keep your athlete hat – to be the best version of myself, the more I can, the more hard work I can do, it can be a great team player, and in fact what we learned in football were to influence your manager anytime.
“So for me, if I am next to a person like Roy Keen or Ian Right, or whoever can be, if they are happy with me and they know that I have worked hard to me, they know that I have done my research, they know that I have done my appearance, then all this matters to me.
“Rest, I can’t control what people think about me. I can’t really do. I just have to go with that mindset.
“But Jesus Christ, it has knocked on my confidence … That’s why I also wanted to strictly rebuild my confidence, because negativity has crushed me.”
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Since the new chain began strictly a few weeks ago, Carney said that she was “loving it absolutely” and the most ready for the weeks of the couple’s choice.
He said: “Honestly, I have found a big smile on my face. It is an honor and privilege to be on the show.
“I have seen it for so long and followed it every week. You fall in love with it and, yes, I can’t believe that I am really on it, it’s bizarre.
“Hopefully comes through my fitness. I am not going to keep myself under too much pressure. Like, in fact, I love the show and I am very happy to be a part of it. And no matter how short or tall it is, I really want to enjoy it.
“I went to a live show last year, followed it for years and years, and this is just an honor.”
Carney recently became the first footballer to top the leaderboard strictly in 18 years, who after scoring 31 during the first live show to Jiv to Jov from Jodi to Jov.
He also emphasized the importance of appropriate facilities for women footballers.
Carney said: “I was talking to some dance professionals on the second day – imagine if they do not have the right dance floor, right dance shoes, right nutrition, right training environment, right S&C (strength and conditioning) – whether they will be the best dance professionals?
“So for us (footballers) this is really important, really important … and then kick from there. And see what has happened to women’s football now … double European champions and league strength are going from strength. So it is not really rocket science.”
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