Andy Burnham’s fundraiser salsa dance resurfaces after anxiety confession
Footage from 2024 shows Prime Minister Andy Burnham dancing salsa to Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca” at a fundraiser for charities supporting people affected by motor neurone disease. The clip has resurfaced after he said on Celebrity Gogglebox that hearing the song gives him a “clang of anxiety”, and joked: “Honestly, never, ever again.”
The event raised money in connection with the late rugby league player Rob Burrow, who had motor neurone disease. Burnham said he would choose James’s “Sit Down” if he appeared on Strictly Come Dancing; he also appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox with Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotherham for Stand Up To Cancer, prompting criticism from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch over his participation.
In short
- Burnham’s 2024 salsa performance for an MND fundraiser has resurfaced.
- He says the song now gives him a “clang of anxiety”.
- He named James’s “Sit Down” as his Strictly song choice.
Explained simply
Andy Burnham is the mayor of Greater Manchester and a prominent Labour politician. In 2024, he danced salsa to Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca” at a fundraiser for charities supporting people affected by motor neurone disease, a condition that damages the nerves controlling movement.
The fundraiser was connected with Rob Burrow, a former rugby league player who had the disease and died in 2024. Burnham later appeared on Celebrity Gogglebox with Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotherham for Stand Up To Cancer, where he said the song made him anxious and joked he would not dance to it again.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Moment Andy Burnham dances to Livin’ La Vida Loca at charity event for Rob Burrow centre for MND – after admitting he gets ‘clang of anxiety’ thinking about it”.