Chris McCausland Blind, Wife, Daughter, Family, Partner, Married, Wikipedia, Age, Net Worth, Blind Cause
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Chris McCausland Biography – Chris McCausland Wiki
Chris McCausland is a blind stand-up comedian and actor. The comedian is currently competing on Strictly Come Dancing 2024. He is known for his stand-up performances and appearances on comedy shows such as Would I Lie to You?, QI, and The Last Leg.
Chris has been a comedian for over two decades and is a regular face on flagship comedy shows like Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You?, QI, The Last Leg, and 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. He has appeared on Live at the Apollo three times, hosting in 2021, a year that also saw him make his highly acclaimed debut appearance on The Royal Variety Performance.
Chris currently hosts his own Saturday morning chat show for ITV: The Chris McCausland Show. He has also co-written and stars in Bad Tidings, a festive family comedy movie that will premier for Sky this Christmas.
Chris McCausland Age
Strictly star Chris McCausland was born on 15 June 1977 in Liverpool, England.
Chris McCausland Wife
Chris McCausland is married to Patricia McCausland, a Brazilian-born psychologist. He met his future wife, Patricia, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2005. She was filming a documentary on the festival at the time. Chris proposed to Patricia during a Pearl Jam concert at Hyde Park. He got married in 2012.
Liverpool-born Chris shared a rare insight into his marriage with wife Patricia on Gyles Brandreth’s Rosebud podcast. He revealed the couple are “very opposite” as he brings calmness to their relationship, while Brazilian Patricia brings “chaos”
He said: “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. We were very opposite, 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?’ and she’ll say, ‘we were just..’ but it sounds like they had the most horrific argument and they’re just talking about what they’re going to do that day.
“Full of energy, took me out of my comfort zone, and I think me to her, I made her laugh and was almost this calming presence in her life that she was attracted to.”
Chris McCausland Family
Strictly Come Dancing’s Chris McCausland lives in London with his wife, Patricia McCausland, and their daughter Sophie McCausland.
Chris McCausland Blind
Chris McCausland is registered blind after losing his sight to retinitis pigmentosa in his 20s and 30s. According to the National Eye Institute, retinitis pigmentosa is a group of rare eye diseases that affect the retina. It makes cells in the retina break down slowly over time, causing vision loss. The condition is a genetic disease that people are born with. Symptoms usually start in childhood, and most people eventually lose most of their sight.
He spoke about his condition in an interview with i News. He said: “My grandmother had it, and my mum. Basically, I’d been going blind very slowly since I was born, and so didn’t even really notice it happening.” He added: “Like the frog in the pan of boiling water.”
Chris McCausland Strictly Come Dancing
Comedian Chris McCausland was the first celebrity contestant revealed for Strictly Come Dancing 2024. The news was revealed on ITV’s This Morning.
He said: “If anybody out there is thinking – How the hell is he going to do that? – then rest assured that I am thinking exactly the same thing. I don’t dance, I haven’t danced, I can’t dance, I can’t see the dancing I will have to do. What can possibly go wrong? Ok don’t answer that…!”
The other celebrity contestants taking part in Strictly Come Dancing 2024 include JB Gill, Wynne Evans, Toyah Willcox, Dr Punam Krishan, Tasha Ghouri, Pete Wicks, Shayne Ward, Sarah Hadland, Jamie Borthwick, Tom Dean MBE, Montell Douglas, Nick Knowles, Paul Merson and Sam Quek MBE.
Chris is the BBC show’s first blind contestant. He is inspiring the next generation of blind dancers.
Chris McCausland Partner
Chris McCausland was paired with the professional dancer Dianne Buswell for Strictly Come Dancing 2024. Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman said that the pairing was dreamy to which Chris said: “She is absolutely over the moon having me because she [Dianne] really wants November off. You’ve got a holiday booked, haven’t you?!”
When asked by Claudia to talk Chris through what to expect on Strictly, Dianne said: “Firstly, I am a big fan of yours. I’m so excited and honoured to be your partner. Secondly, I can’t answer that yet as I’m not sure myself how it’s going to work! But we are going to figure it out together.
Chris added: “Yes, we’re going to figure it out together. We’re going to make mistakes and have a laugh about them. Then we’re going to turn up here and show you all of the mistakes that we’ve learnt!”
Chris McCausland Net Worth
Comedian Chris McCausland has an estimated net worth of £1 million.
Chris McCausland Height
Chris McCausland stands at the height of 5 feet 6 inches.
Chris McCausland’s Instagram handle is @chrismccauslandcomedy.
