Strictly star and former Royal Marine JJ Chalmers may have swapped the parade ground for the dance floor, but he struggles to shake off his soldier mentality – even wanting to salute the judges.
The TV presenter, who suffered horrific injuries in a 2011 Afghanistan bomb blast, likens Shirley Ballas to a brigadier and Craig Revel-Horwood and Motsi Mabuse to colonels.
He says: “If I pass them in the corridor, I instantly straighten up, call them ‘Sir’ and ‘Ma’am’ and I’m one step short of saluting them.
It’s how I am wired. “Coming off the dancefloor for their comments feels like a debrief after a patrol, where your bosses tell you what you did right and wrong, and where you can get better.” It has been an emotional week for JJ – real
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