Shirley Ballas has responded to the 'sexism' backlash on Wednesdays instalment of Loose Women.
The Strictly Come Dancing judge appeared on the ITV chat show to defend her decision making on Sunday nights dance off following allegations of sexism. The 62-year-old was met with huge amounts of online abuse from fans after the show which saw Richie Anderson and Fleur East in the dance-off after failing to impress viewers at home with their routines for Movie Week.
In the end, it was Fleur and her Strictly partner Vito Coppola who was saved by judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke which resulted in Richie being sent home. However, when presenter Tess Daly asked Shirley if she agreed with their decision, she revealed she would have chosen Richie and Giovanni to stay instead.
