'First thing you do!' Strictly's Shirley Ballas issues safety warning after travel mishap

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Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas, 61, addressed her 235,000 Instagram followers in a story after an awkward experience in a taxi.The close encounter had left her head crashing into the dashboard, but she assured fans she is okay, before urging them to belt up on any future journeys."This is my moment - I'm on my way from New York to Los Angeles and there's a thunderstorm!" the Strictly star exclaimed in her video footage.However her fairytale moment was interrupted by a near miss."I was in the taxi and [the driver] almost hit a bike and stopped, banging my head on the front of this dash thing," she lamented."To anybody out there, first thing you do when you get in any car is put your seatbelts on!"Despite her warning, which she said made her "a little delayed", she assured fans that she is "all good"."I've had a marvellous trip - fantastic.

Now I'm off to see my boy," she confided.Her son Mark, 35, is a beloved member of her family and she is making the most of her opportunities to see him, following an almost three year spell during the pandemic when they were forced to be separated from each other.Mark lives in Los Angeles where he is a dancer and choreographer and, even after restrictions were eased, his work commitments ground their plans to see each other to a halt.She heartbreakingly told the world just before Christmas: "My only real wish for 2022 is that I get to cuddle my son."Shirley added to the Mirror: "Giving birth to my son when I was 25 was a life highlight because having him was the best thing I ever did in my entire life."She explained that she'd even had career tips from him, as Mark's glittering career has even taken him to Broadway.His roles have included Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys and.