Strictly Come Dancing star Chris McCausland's 'chaotic' marriage and famous daughter

Comedian Chris McCausland, 47, is dancing up a storm on Strictly. Off screen, the star is part of a happy "chaotic" family with his wife Patricia and daughter Sophie

Chris McCausland's dance was branded "spectacular" by notoriously hard to please judge Craig Revel-Horwood on Strictly Come Dancing this week.

The comedian, 47, performed a section of his dance with Dianne Buswell with the lights off, receiving a score of 33 points from the judges. The show's first blind contestant is the bookies' favourite to lift the Glitterball Trophy this year, impressing viewers and judges alike with his nifty footwork.

Chris affectionately says his wife Patricia, who is from Brazil, brings "chaos" into their relationship. "We were very opposite," he told Gyles Brandreth on his podcast Rosebud. "She comes across as very British but she's Brazilian, she came across when she was five or six. Her life is chaos in the way that Brazilian people are chaos. It's a natural attribute of their being that they are very proud of - they bring chaos to any room.

"The number of times she'll be talking in Portuguese to her mum and then I'll say to her: 'Are you okay? What happened there?' It sounds like they had the most horrific argument and they're just talking about what they're going to do that day."

The couple met in 2005 when CBeebies Me Too! star Chris was performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Patricia was filming a documentary there. "We spent a lot of time together when the camera wasn't running, socialising, going out and doing things, and we just had a lot of fun," he said.

The star said his wife was "full of energy" and "took me out of my comfort zone", while he made her laugh and was "almost this calming presence in her life that she was attracted to". He has been married to Patricia for 12 years with an 11-year-old daughter called Sophie.

The rarely seen youngster made an appearance on Comedians: Home Alone back in 2020, which showed her sitting with her dad at a kitchen table. Sophie is laughing at something Chris says, with the star looking relaxed in a blue t-shirt.

Back to Chris and Patricia, the star revealed they have very different ideas when it comes to heating their home. "As you can imagine, we are very different in terms of our culture and our biological response to temperature," he joked. "While my wife still needs a winter coat in 22-degree sunshine, I find it hard to cope in temperatures above about 26.

"I believe there's a high likelihood that one of us might be discovered lifeless in the hallway one day, reaching out towards the thermostat, while the other has fled the country."