Strictly star 'looked fuming' as viewers convinced they've spotted bitter feud

02 October 2023 , 16:31

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Strictly star 'looked fuming' as viewers convinced they've spotted bitter feud

BBC viewers think they've seen a confrontation between a professional dancer and a judge on last night's Strictly Come Dancing. Fans are convinced they clocked a bitter feud between Karen Hauer and Shirley Ballas.

It was during the weekend's instalments that the alleged ordeal took place when comedian Eddie Kadi took to the dance floor with Karen. They scored just 21 points from the judges after they performed the Cha Cha Cha.

In critique, Shirley said: "I want to be fair to everybody and week two and three are a little bit technical, you danced everything on your toes. It's not a toe-in Cha Cha Cha, it's more flat, you have to lower your heels."

Fans think they spotted something on Saturday (BBC Studios/Ray Burmiston)

She added: "I didn't see a straight leg, the weight was back, I didn't mind this Cuban thing going but not for the whole routine. The posture needs to be in a straight line and we need a little bit of what is a straight leg and what is a bent leg."

It was after the comments that fans thought Karen didn't look too impressed. "Bet there was some backstage drama after that," one wrote. "I've always got the impression that Shirley and Karen don’t get along, possibly because Shirley was a mentor to Kevin Clifton and Karen and Kevin obviously divorced."

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They added: "But Eddie should not have been caught in the crossfire. He has no control over the choreography so critiquing him on that and not giving him any actual feedback on his performance is ridiculous."

Another wrote on Reddit: "Karen was p***** off at those comments." They added: "Craig in particular said nothing about Eddies performance." A third said: "I mean I do find it annoying when the criticism is focused on the choreography as that’s out of the celebs hands."

Amongst the 2023 line-up is TV presenters Angela Scanlon and Nikita Kanda and fan-favourite EastEnders star Bobby Brazier. Also in this year's show is actresses Ellie Leach and Amanda Abbington and Family Fortunes presenter Les Dennis.

Paralympian Jody Cundy, well-known news readers Angela Rippon and Krishnan Guru-Murthy and tennis sporting star Annabel Croft is also amongst stars, including Love Island's Zara McDermott and actors Layton Williams, Nigel Harman and Adam Thomas.

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