Former EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis has hit back at an article criticising the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing .
The star, who was the first deaf contestant to take part in the BBC competition and lifted the Glitterball trophy last year with partner Giovanni Pernice, posted a message on social media in response to an article published in The Telegraph. The article accused Strictly of becoming “the BBC’s latest woke box-ticking exercise”, referring to the inclusion of same-sex couples on this year’s series as well as Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds.
Rose took to her Instagram stories to issue a defiant message after her fellow Strictly star, 2021 runner-up John Whaite, also criticised the article, The Mirror reports . In a series of videos, the Great British Bake Off winner admitted that reading the article had given him a “sleepless night”.
