STRICTLY Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has been blasted by fans — who claim she is sexist. The dance veteran has been accused of preferring male celebrity dancers to women on the hit BBC1 show.
Fans went into meltdown after Sunday night’s show during which Shirley Ballas once again backed a man over his “skilled” female rival, critics say.
Singer Fleur East, 34, and pro partner Vito Coppola, 30, survived the dance off, but Shirley said she would have booted them out in favour of Radio 2’s Richie Anderson, 34, who performed a Samba dressed as a meerkat.
Viewers raged on social media, accusing the head judge, 62, of bias and calling for her to go. It was claimed she was unable to “celebrate the young, female celebrities” and “felt threatened by” and was “overly critical” of attractive women dancers.
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