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Laura Colgan

Rory O'Neill wows audience with brave performance on Dancing with the Stars

Drag artist Rory O’Neill smashed the stigma of HIV with a routine in honour of the doctor who treats him for the condition.

Rory, who is part of Dancing With The Stars’ first male duo, earned immunity during Dedicated Dance Week which saw the contestants perform in honour of their heroes. He scored the first 10 of the series after he took off his drag to perform in honour of Dr Fiona Mulcahy who has treated him for HIV for the past 27 years.

Rory, 54, aka Panti Bliss, and partner Denys Samson danced a Paso Doble to It’s A Sin. He said: “I was diagnosed in 1996. She told me that I probably could live five to 10 years if I was lucky.

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