Dan Walker has told trolls to "lay off" Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas. The presenter jumped to the head judge's defense after she was targeted with "bile and hatred" online.
It comes following the 2022 semi-final which saw Will Mellor and Nancy Xu voted off after finding themselves in the dreaded dance-off with Fleur East and Vita Coppola. The pair landed at the bottom of the leaderboard after failing to impress the judges who were critical of the actor's Paso Doble.
While judges Motsi Mabuse and Craig Revel Horwood chose to save Fleur, Anton Du-Beke opted to keep Will in the competition. As head judge, Shirley cast the deciding vote and chose to save Fleur, explaining: "This is by far, even for me, the most difficult decision I feel I’ve had to make."
