Strictly Come Dancing host Bruce Forsyth has dropped hints about a possible retirement in an interview.
Speaking to the Radio Times, the 85-year-old said he may leave the UK for six months every year in order to avoid the cold winter weather. He said he may head to Puerto Rico where his wife Wilnelia comes from.
He said "It's 85°F there. I don't know why I came back to this stinking cold place." He continued "I would contemplate just doing six months a year in this country. If this is going to be our regular winter, I'm going to vanish in October and come back at the end of May."
Reminded in the interview that Strictly takes place during those months he said: "Oh yes, but we'll forget about that... "
Speaking about last year’s final of the show he said "I got criticised last year because at the end of the final, when people started rushing on to the dance floor, I got rid of them."
"I just said, 'Do I have to do everything?' which I thought was a bit of fun, but people said, 'Why was he going so crazy?'
"I did it because I didn't want to spoil Louis Smith and Flavia Cacace's final moment - they did that wonderful lift from Dirty Dancing and well, you couldn't do that with all these people pushing in and getting their faces back on TV."
He continued "And the year before last they said I had forgotten to announce the band, but it was a decision I made with the producer.
"We got a retraction, but it does drive me mad. It's the way they talk about the autocue, as well. How many newsreaders do you see every morning making a little slip-up?
"If anybody is doing anything live, it's going to happen but, of course, with it being me, and being 85, they call me a silly old fool. Any excuse."
