Vernon Kay was "knocked" off his feet after a Strictly Come Dancing star opened up to him with a tearful admission about her life. Scottish comedian Susan Calman, who competed on Strictly in 2017 with Kevin Clifton, poured her heart out on air as she spoke about a song that reminds her to "live now".

Susan's revelations emerged during Vernon Kay's BBC Radio 2 show yesterday (April 30). She joined him in the studio for what turned out to be an emotional instalment of Tracks of My Years. One song she picked was Fleetwood Mac's heartfelt 1975 ballad Landslide. Susan said she's been a fan of the legendary rock band throughout her life - and that Landslide always makes her cry. She tearfully admitted: "Fleetwood Mac are the one band whose albums I have bought through my life. And all of their songs...Landslide makes me cry. It's the line, 'Even children get older'. It..."

Susan's voice started to crack with emotion, but she insisted to Vernon that she was "fine". She continued: "It's the passing of time. It's the regrets I have of not enjoying my life, cos there are times where I have not enjoyed my life, and I should have.

"Why didn't I? Why didn't I enjoy that moment? Travelling round the world, being in beautiful places, and not loving what I was doing because of something stupid."

Vernon replied kindly that she didn't "have to say it" out loud, but enquired if she knew what the "something stupid" was. Susan said: "Yeah, I do, and I've always known that... The problem with my mental health issues is I'm completely aware of them.

"I don't feel like I became who I am and comfortable with myself until I passed 40. It was terrible before I was 40. Yeah, I didn't know who I was, and I was trying to be someone else; I was trying... And then I got to 40, and I thought, 'Well, okay, I think I'm getting to where I should be'."

Susan explained that when she hit 50, she felt that she finally knew who she was. Yet, it's only now, at the age of 51, that she feels "truly comfortable" with who she is.

Vernon confessed: "Wow, that's knocked me off my feet." Susan theorised that there was a point where you "stop trying" to impress people, adding that when she turned 50, she reached a stage where she simply says: "This is what I do - there you go."

Susan went on to say that, for her, Landslide reminds her to "live now". The comedian went on to share that she's reached a point in life where she feels "more content" than she's ever been.

She then became emotional again as she revealed that her father had died last year. Susan described her dad's death as a "real wake-up call", and as the song started to play, she declared that "life's short", so we should "live it".

Later in the broadcast, Vernon revealed that he and Susan had since exchanged numbers, and are planning to "get a game of golf in".