Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has claimed a former friend who was jealous of her BBC role that they wished her a Princess Di-style death.The dancing queen admitted that she was knocked off her feet by the reaction to her becoming a judge on the hit show.Shirley, 60, said: “As excited as I was by this unexpected turn in my career, I found it a confusing time in some ways, with all the extra attention I started receiving.“Many people I hadn’t heard from in years took the opportunity to contact me, which was all quite unsettling, and it was definitely a time when I found out who my real friends were.“Soon after I got my job on Strictly, a so-called ‘friend’ said to my friend Karen, ‘She may have paparazzi following her.
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