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Nancy Dell'Olio: 'Being a celebrity is part of my destiny'
Published Thursday, Oct 20 2011, 11:45 BST | By Ryan Love | 2 comments
Nancy Dell'Olio has said that she decided to "play" the media game after realising that she couldn't fight it.
The Italian lawyer became a prominent figure on the celebrity circuit thanks to her relationship with former England football coach Sven-Göran Eriksson. Now competing on the current series of Strictly Come Dancing, Dell'Olio said that she does not know why people are interested in her.
"Journalists tell me, 'People love you and they want to know more about you'," she told The Guardian. "So probably it's part of my destiny. It was not my choice to be in the public eyes, it just happened.
"I've something that usually people in the public eyes have, something you can't capture. People ask you, what is it, 'Why are we fascinated by you?'. I can't tell you. Some people are just born with that, probably."
Dell'Olio, who relocated to the UK in 2001 with Eriksson, said that she knew their relationship would attract attention.
"Because of his position, it's a very high-profile job, and after the Queen and the prime minister is the national coach of the England team football," she explained. "But I think what was, they weren't expecting here in this country this combination of me and him. So actually it was more about me.
"And so on this, I decide to play the game. I think I enjoy much more than he did. Because it's a game. When you're in the public eyes, you have to try as much to play the game, and enjoy, and try to get the most positive side."
The self-declared "diva" continued: "That's the things you never have to take seriously. You have to have a laugh about it, laugh at myself. I do. Detach yourself from what other people want to see. If you detach who you are from the public persona you can't take anything personal. This is not on you, it's while you're performing a role."
> Strictly's Nancy Dell'Olio demands private backstage area
> Nancy Dell'Olio threatens to quit Strictly Come Dancing over stylist
Watch Anton du Beke discuss dancing with Nancy Dell'Olio on Strictly Come Dancing below:
The Italian lawyer became a prominent figure on the celebrity circuit thanks to her relationship with former England football coach Sven-Göran Eriksson. Now competing on the current series of Strictly Come Dancing, Dell'Olio said that she does not know why people are interested in her.
© BBC
© BBC
"Journalists tell me, 'People love you and they want to know more about you'," she told The Guardian. "So probably it's part of my destiny. It was not my choice to be in the public eyes, it just happened.
"I've something that usually people in the public eyes have, something you can't capture. People ask you, what is it, 'Why are we fascinated by you?'. I can't tell you. Some people are just born with that, probably."
Dell'Olio, who relocated to the UK in 2001 with Eriksson, said that she knew their relationship would attract attention.
© BBC
"Because of his position, it's a very high-profile job, and after the Queen and the prime minister is the national coach of the England team football," she explained. "But I think what was, they weren't expecting here in this country this combination of me and him. So actually it was more about me.
"And so on this, I decide to play the game. I think I enjoy much more than he did. Because it's a game. When you're in the public eyes, you have to try as much to play the game, and enjoy, and try to get the most positive side."
The self-declared "diva" continued: "That's the things you never have to take seriously. You have to have a laugh about it, laugh at myself. I do. Detach yourself from what other people want to see. If you detach who you are from the public persona you can't take anything personal. This is not on you, it's while you're performing a role."
> Strictly's Nancy Dell'Olio demands private backstage area
> Nancy Dell'Olio threatens to quit Strictly Come Dancing over stylist
Watch Anton du Beke discuss dancing with Nancy Dell'Olio on Strictly Come Dancing below:
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