Bristol Strictly star Jayde Adams has hit back at trolls who described her performance as that of a ‘heavy footed obese lesbian.’ The Bristolian comedian took to the floor with dance partner Karen Hauer last night (Saturday) to perform the Charleston to late comic Victoria Wood’s ‘The Ballad of Barry and Freda.’
But her performance, wearing a colourful shirt and a pair of blue dungarees, prompted an acid response from one Twitter user Jon Lake who accused judges of discrimination when it comes to scoring. “Why do the judges on @bbcstrictly give more points to @jaydeadams heavy footed stomping than to @TonyAdamd and @Mrs_katjones actually dancing?," tweeted Mr Lake.
“Are they trying to hard to be PC and nice to the obese lesbian while it’s ok to discriminate against ageing white males?” Jayde, 37, who is the first heterosexual on the show to choose a same sex partner, quickly responded to the tweet and posted: “Calling all obese lesbians: get your votes out for da ladz #Strictly
