Debbie McGee, 64, reveals VERY unlikely means she met late husband Paul Daniels – after admitting she was open to discovering love once more practically a decade after the magician’s loss of life

Debbie McGee has revealed how she met late husband Paul Daniels after being held hostage for 3 months in Iran.

The TV star, 64, who was married to the magician 28-years earlier than his from cancer death in 2016, recalled the surprising incident throughout an look on Wednesday’s GMB.

Debbie had been working with the Iranian Nationwide Ballet when she and different dancers have been held captive after being ‘herded right into a block of flats’. 

Telling shocked hosts Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley: ‘That is how I met Paul [Daniels]. I got here again to England and wanted a job.’ 

The previous Strictly star, who was selling her new sequence Million Greenback Motorhomes, stated: ‘I’ve led a fairytale life however I’ve additionally handled quite a lot of stuff.  All of them stated, we did not know you have been a hostage in Iran.

Ordeal: Debbie McGee, 64, has revealed how she met late husband Paul Daniels after being held hostage for 3 months in Iran 

Love: The TV star,  who was married to the magician 28-years earlier than his from most cancers loss of life in 2016, recalled the surprising incident on Wednesday’s GMB (pictured collectively in 1988) 

Stunned, Kate replied: ‘Effectively I did not know that.’

Whereas Richard requested: ‘How lengthy have been you a hostage for?’

Debbie went on: ‘About three months. I labored for a ballet firm and we have been all, who have been Western, have been herded right into a block of flats. 

‘The boys needed to exit at six within the morning and the one meals we may get have been from the bakers on the streets which have been like flat pizzas, no butter or something, and perhaps some cans of issues and perhaps just a few eggs.’

Debbie beforehand mentioned her Iranian ordeal throughout an look on Pointless Celebrities in 2018. 

She stated:’Effectively I might deliberate to remain for 3 years however when you’ve seen the film Argo with Ben Affleck that was what I went by. 

‘I used to be hidden in a home, I obtained stopped on the airport, I chatted up one of many customs guys who stamped my passport and I ran throughout the tarmac and escaped.’

Requested why she joined the Iranian Ballet within the first place, Debbie stated: ‘They have been paying 5 instances greater than the Nationwide Ballet. It was the cash.’

Terrifying: Debbie had been working with the Iranian Nationwide Ballet when she and different dancers have been held captive after being ‘herded right into a block of flats

Recolection: Telling shocked hosts Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley: ‘That is how I met Paul [Daniels]. I got here again to England and wanted a job’ 

It comes after Debbie revealed she is open to discovering love once more following the loss of life of her magician husband Paul Daniels in 2016.

Paul and Debbie married in 1988 after the pair had reached notoriety as a magician and magician’s assistant on the BBC 1 sequence Paul Daniels Magic Present. He died from brain cancer in 2016, aged 77. 

Debbie revealed that whereas she is just not actively ‘wanting’ for one more relationship, she could be open to the prospect if it occurred to return alongside.

She stated: ‘Effectively, I’ve by no means stated I am prepared for it. I’ve simply stated that if it occurs it occurs.

‘As a result of I believe when you go on the lookout for it, a, you look determined and, b, you by no means discover it.

‘All of the individuals I do know who go “I want I may discover anyone”, males or girls, do not appear to seek out it or discover the precise individual.’  The Strictly Come Dancing finalist additionally shed mild onto her life with out Paul, revealing how she has stayed optimistic within the wake of his loss. 

Future: It comes after Debbie revealed Debbie revealed that whereas she is just not actively ‘wanting’ for one more relationship, she could be open to the prospect if it occurred to return alongside (pictured with Paul in 2007)  

She continued: ‘Life isn’t the identical once you lose anyone. There’s that gap. You may’t fill that hole… simply take each day because it comes.

‘However what you are able to do is settle for they’ve gone is the most important factor after which simply take each day because it comes. 

‘I am so fortunate that I’ve unbelievable household, great pals, all over the place I’m going persons are beautiful to me. 

‘I’d say that I simply embrace each minute of my life now and settle for it’s completely different to once I was with Paul but it surely doesn’t imply it might’t be nearly as good. 

‘I am simply fortunate that I had this superb life and now I’ve nonetheless obtained a tremendous life.’

Million Greenback Motorhomes is on Channel 5 Sunday at 8pm.