EXCLUSIVE: The Strictly host made the bizarre confession that she won’t go near her husband due to her intense water phobia

Claudia Winkleman has told how she has such a phobia of water she will not kiss or sleep with her husband if he has just drunk a glass.

The Strictly host made the bizarre confession on a podcast She said: “I don’t like or believe in water, I won’t have it……I’ve never knowingly had water, I don’t like it.”

She added on Off The Menu: ““When people drink it, like my husband drinks great amounts of water, and I really like him but it’s problematic.

“He’s glugging, don’t touch me, ‘take your bra off’……I don’t think so.”

Referring to her hatred of water still further, she added: “Imagine you’re on a date – I’ve been with the same man for 100 years …..and he’s sitting there and he’s like, ‘I don’t know what to have, what are you going to have? Maybe we should have the same thing.’