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Jessica Sansome

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Will Mellor 'well miffed' as fans think he's upset Shirley Ballas after suffering malfunction

Fans of Strictly Come Dancing said Will Mellor was 'well miffed' after his first performance during the semi-final. The actor himself admitted to feeling 'rubbish' after his Paso Doble with Nancy Xu earned criticism from the judges.

Will, 46, went out all guns blazing for his intense routine to Uccen by Taalbi brothers and DWTS, so much so he appeared to suffer a wardrobe malfunction. As he headed over to speak to the BBC One dance contest's co-host Tess Daly, the Two Pints of Lager star said: "My button burst I think. My trousers are too tight."

It was soon time for the comments and head judge Shirley Ballas kicked off the slightly negative remarks by saying: "There was quite a few things missing in this dance," as the audience started to boo, she encouraged them to 'hang on' so she could have a moment to speak. "You had the arrogance part, fantastic," Shirley went on.

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