Strictly Come Dancing pro Dianne Buswell burns sage during training sessions in a bid to banish negative energy.
The star, 35, is convinced it helps perk up her dance partner Chris McCausland, 47.
She said: “When I come in, I go, ‘How are you feeling Chris?’. And he goes, ‘Urgh’. I take that as not very good. So I get out the sage stick and I cleanse the room.
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“It works for about an hour and Chris feels good and then he goes back to, ‘Urgh’. And then we get the stick out.”
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Comedian Chris has kicked up a stink over the wacky practice because he hates it. The star can’t stand the smell of the sage ritual.
He said: “She likes her stinky stick and the whole room stinks. All the negative energy has left, but I think everything else is left.”
Dianne is hoping the tactic will help them win the series. For the past two weekends they have scored an impressive 30 points from the judges and sailed through the eliminations.
The pair are also the favourites to win with the bookies. Ladbrokes is offering odds of just 4/6 that they’ll lift the Glitterball at the final in December.
Other pairings with strong odds include Love Island beauty Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec at 11/4 and Miranda actress Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola at 8/1.
The series continues on Saturday at 6.25pm on BBC One.
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