Shirley Ballas says living with 88-year-old mother is ‘most joyous thing’

Shirley Ballas told the Telegraph she has ‘friends’ but said there is ‘nothing I would want to tag as ‘boyfriend and girlfriend’ (Ian West/PA) - (PA Archive)

Shirley Ballas has said living with her mother is “the most joyous thing”, adding that the 88-year-old is “self-sufficient” – unlike boyfriends.

Strictly Come Dancing’s head judge, who lives in south-east London with her mother Audrey Rich, told the Telegraph: “Living with her is the most joyous thing, she does the washing and the ironing, and still stands on a stool to clean her ornaments – though I wish she wouldn’t.