Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Kevin Clifton, 37, has revealed he pulled some strings to get partnered up with Stacey Dooley, 33, on the BBC series.The ballroom and Latin dancer made the admission in the latest episode of his podcast, The Kevin Clifton Show, which he hosted alongside his now-girlfriend.Kevin explained he called in a favour with Strictly’s director of choreography Jason Gilkison to attempt to secure his pairing with the documentary filmmaker in 2018.Jason and Kevin had previously worked together on ballroom dance stage show Burn the Floor and the latter had performed in the production in spite of his painful injury in a bid to make the move to Broadway.Kevin, who has revealed he was a big fan of Stacey’s.