Strictly's Kristina Rihanoff clarifies comment on Ukraine crisis after backlash
ok.co.ukStrictly Come Dancing's former professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff has explained her comments on President Vladimir Putin during the ongoing Ukraine invasion after receiving a huge backlash.
The ballroom star, 44, had shared a series of tweets that some of her fans and followers had labelled "insensitive" following the crisis.
The Russian celebrity, who quit the BBC dance competition in 2015, retweeted a cartoon of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.
In the image, the three leaders stood atop a pile of bloody bodies as Biden pointed and said "Russian man bad." Responses alleged Kristina had shared a pro-Putin cartoon as the dancer captioned her post: "Don’t even have to say anything - pure genius." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Kristina later shared a headline by Sky News which announced that Russia had been kicked out of the Eurovision Song Contest this year, as she raged: "F….ing breaking news.
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