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Shirley Ballas has claimed it bore the brunt of Lewis Cope’s sacking strictly come dance,
East emmerdale star was angry Sent home from BBC series In the quarter-finals despite being a strong contender to win the show.
Ballas, who has been a judge on the BBC series since 2017, said she was “called every name in the book” after the shock, telling her her performance was not the best.
Ballas recalled, “A journalist gave me the most scathing article and mentioned every name in the book – he said I should be ashamed of myself because Lewis went home.” I,
“After their dance, I just said: ‘It wasn’t your best day’ – which it wasn’t. Then they went to Craig [Revel Horwood]Who said the same thing. He gave him eight points, I gave him nine points, but I was blamed for his going home. I think it’s outrageous that someone would write that.”
Ballas said she faced misogynistic criticism, calling it “absolutely, completely and totally inappropriate.”
“Don’t pick on women when a man gives an eight and I gave a nine,” she said, adding that her fellow judge Motsi Mabuse receives similar abuse while the male judges, Revel Horwood and Anton du Beke, escape unscathed.
“People say terrible things to Motsi. I can’t even repeat them, but there are terrible things that you wouldn’t think could come out of someone’s mouth. There are also some sexually explicit things that we have to put up with. But Craig and Anton, they are kings in the eyes of many people.”
Their comments come after the finalists amber davis hit on The negative comments she received For her previous dance experience.
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The former reality star’s participation in the 2025 edition of the BBC competition sparked debate due to his previous experience in West End musicals, and Davies has faced increasing criticism in recent weeks.
Ahead of Ending on Saturday (20th December)Davis has said that while she “understands where people are coming from”, she believes audiences “don’t want to warm up to her” and are mistaking her confidence for arrogance.
“I didn’t know what my purpose was strictly Until I realized that being nice was getting a lot of negative comments,” she said. mirror,
“I can’t believe I have to say this in 2025, but as a woman, being ambitious, being confident, dreaming, and working hard doesn’t mean you’re stuck. It doesn’t mean you’re arrogant. I want to change that. That shouldn’t be the narrative either.”
She added: “I’ve said to a lot of people, ‘I can’t warm to him.’ This is because they don’t want to show warmth to me. That’s all.”
amber davis has hit strictly come dance Viewers who have complained about his appearance in the series.
The former reality star’s participation in the 2025 edition of BBC The competition sparked debate due to his previous experience in West End musicals and Davies has faced more criticism in recent weeks.
Ahead of Ending on Saturday (20th December)Davis has said that while she “understands where people are coming from”, she believes audiences “don’t want to warm up to her” and are mistaking her confidence for arrogance.
“I didn’t know what my purpose was strictly Until I realized that being nice was getting a lot of negative comments,” she said. mirror,
“I can’t believe I have to say this in 2025, but as a woman, being ambitious, being confident, dreaming, and working hard doesn’t mean you’re stuck. It doesn’t mean you’re arrogant. I want to change that. That shouldn’t be the narrative either.”
She added: “I’ve said to a lot of people, ‘I can’t warm to him.’ This is because they don’t want to show warmth to me. That’s all.”