Anton Du Beke has spoken out after being axed as a professional dancer on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.
The 55-year-old has been performing on Saturday nights since the show's inception in 2004.
However, as reported by BirminghamLive, at his An Audience With… tour last night, Anton made the announcement he would no longer be serving as a professional dancer
He said: “In the early days I would be down the front. It would be nice.
“We had things called things called grids where people were in position on the floor and then suddenly you would go back another line.
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"Then they started putting you in the corners and then the tattoos started arriving and everyone with tattoos was down the front wearing a vest.
“It got to the point where I was back here. I was so far back at the end I was chatting with Lance in the orchestra.
"I did not mind not doing the group dances in the end.
"If I end up having to dance with somebody again, we hope not, I am going to tattoo my routine on my chest.
“It seems as if everybody is tattooed these days. If you are going to come on Strictly Come Dancing you have got to have a tattoo."
Anton stood in for judge Bruno Tolioni for the 2021 series, as he was stuck in the US due to Covid travel rules.
Chatting to Charlene White on ITV news, Anton appeared to confirm that he will be returning as judge in 2022.
Speaking at his An Audience With… tour, Anton added: "Most of my partners could not keep time anyway.
“I just used to let them go off and I ended up following them by the end of it.
"Sometimes on the show you get some songs and you look at the dance and you think, ‘These two don’t come together.’
"I danced for 18 series on the show with partners and 18 years standing in front of another person wondering what I am about to do next.”
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