Strictly Come Dancing 2022 #36

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Don’t ask why I have this saved on my phone. Perhaps I need to re-evaluate my life 🥺

god the fact that he looks like THIS and has both a delightfully nerdy personality and a laugh that makes his eyes fully scrunch up 🥺

#iwanthim

Bold of you to assume Gio gave Richie his number…

if he did then it was the number to one of his burner phones 🤣
 
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I just don't get how people are taking what's clearly a general comment about partnering a celebrity to be a personal insult to AJ. He says "her" when he means her, then switches to "they".
 
‘Everyone on that thread has moved on’

Errrrr…
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ETA: I find it very hard to believe Kai looked like a 12 year old. He probably looked 35 at age 12
these people actually need their heads examining. as i just said, give kai anyone with a bit of potential and it’s likely he takes them very far in the show. there’s only so much he could do with poor kaye who was as stiff as a board & suffered from horrendous anxiety, however the fact that she adores him and has said nothing but positive things about how great he made her experience speaks volumes about the type of person he is (pretty sure his dwts partners all say the exact same) 🤷🏻‍♀️

if you watch kai & kaye’s interviews from this years ITT these people will realise that he was looking at her the exact same way he looked at AJ. kaye is a gorgeous woman and looks fab for her age but somehow i don’t think kai fancied her, it’s clearly just the way he is 🤣 also what does him dancing to his nans favourite song have to do with AJ? as for his family, they publicly declared their love for all of his dwts partners as well so don’t think that’s anything special 😭

to me the only bitter people are the ones on those threads who still over a year later can’t seem to handle the fact he’s dating nadiya instead of aj.
 
“Maybe the show shouldn’t give him a partner this year” is literally you saying he should be benched? I don’t understand what’s so bad about “the way he spoke about her” considering the part people are losing their heads over is a general statement about celebs/pros in general. AJ was a great dancer but i’m tired of people acting like she was the best dancer in the history of the show and that Kai couldn’t possibly have got to the final without her, give Kai anyone with a bit of potential and he will most likely get them very far (take a look at his dwts track record).
It isn't the same as saying that Kai definitely shouldn't have a partner.

I just think that Kai could have been more positive about AJ. She has always been positive about him since the show. Honestly, I don't think that the sun shines out of AJ's arse. Since I was a fan of their partnership, I have noticed the difference in their attutiudes to each other publicly.
 
I've took a look back at Kai and Aj's exit interview on ITT with Rylan when it was announced she was injured; it does seem now with fresh eyes he seems way more gutted to miss the final than for AJ being injured and her missing it. It looks like she had to comfort him more when it should have been the other way around. Him being a pro can always have a chance to get to the final again.
 
I've took a look back at Kai and Aj's exit interview on ITT with Rylan when it was announced she was injured; it does seem now with fresh eyes he seems way more gutted to miss the final than for AJ being injured and her missing it. It looks like she had to comfort him more when it should have been the other way around. Him being a pro can always have a chance to get to the final again.
I disagree. Of course he was gutted to be missing it as a pro because who wouldn’t, but I think he was equally as gutted for AJ because he knew how hard she had worked for her spot in the final. It wasn’t normal circumstances so I don’t think it’s fair to judge how either of them reacted. To me it seemed like Kai had been trying to keep it together and be positive throughout the week for the sake of AJ, but having to eventually withdraw it probably all hit him at once.
 
I disagree. Of course he was gutted to be missing it as a pro because who wouldn’t, but I think he was equally as gutted for AJ because he knew how hard she had worked for her spot in the final.

Of course its okay to be upset about missing the final; I just think if it has been a different pro and celeb in the same position more attention and care would have given to the celeb; that just my take on it.
 
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I just don't get how people are taking what's clearly a general comment about partnering a celebrity to be a personal insult to AJ. He says "her" when he means her, then switches to "they".

Because they are absolute fruitcakes.

How the duck is the AJ/Kai saga still being flogged? That horse was lame to start with, and it’s been six feet under for aeons.
 
Of course its okay to be upset about missing the final; I just think if it has been a different pro and celeb in the same position more attention and care would have given to the celeb; that just my take on it.
Yeah that’s fair, but again it’s hard to judge what another pro would have done because none of them have ever been in the situation. Nancy had a nervous breakdown when Will was eliminated, as did Dianne back in 2019 with Dev. Every pro is emotional/upset when their celeb is voted out in normal circumstances so obviously having to withdraw so close to the final due to injury would have been awful.
 
I don't think that it is. If he finds having a partner challenging, I am sure that there are other pros who would happily take his place. As a pro who is still on the show, he probably should have saved his comments until he left the show.
Surely a blind man and his deaf dog knows that it‘s challenging for the pro’s … they are trainer, sports coach, psychoanalyst and cheerleader all in one. They have to give the celeb enough confidence to get out on live tele in whatever Vicky Giggles and her Elves have knocked up for them this week and then stand while the judges undo all that work … and that before you get to shoehorning inappropriate dances and themes onto inappropriate tracks.

if the worst he said was that you are on call 24/7 and it’s challenging … then thats not terrible … as long as he wasn’t shouting down the phone at 3 o’clock in the morning ‘for the love of all that is holy … go to sleep, I’m tired’ then fair dos.

The relationship on Strictly between A celeb and a pro is very uneven and I’d guess that the ones that work afterwards are the ones that are basically recalibrated and almost re-started.

At least Kai this series re-set himself and gave his less able celeb a couple or nice weeks.
 
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Yeah that’s fair, but again it’s hard to judge what another pro would have done because none of them have ever been in the situation. Nancy had a nervous breakdown when Will was eliminated and multiple other pros cry when their celeb is voted out.

Thats true and I agree about the Nancy thing as well.

Just something I picked up on now that time has passed and maybe Kai and AJ weren't as close as appeared not even as lovers but as friends.
 
Surely a blind man and his deaf dog knows that it‘s challenging for the pro’s … they are trainer, sports coach, psychoanalyst and cheerleader all in one. They have to give the celeb enough confidence to get out on live tele in whatever Vicky Giggles and her Elves have knocked up for them this week and then stand while the judges undo all that work … and that before you get to shoehorning inappropriate dances and themes onto inappropriate tracks.

if the worst he said was that you are on call 24/7 and it’s challenging … then thats not terrible … as long as he wasn’t shouting down the phone at 3 o’clock in the morning ‘for the love of all that is holy … go to sleep, I’m tired’ then fair dos.

The relationship on Strictly between A celeb and a pro is very uneven and I’d guess that the ones that work afterwards are the ones that are basically recalibrated and almost re-started.

At least Kai this series re-set himself and gave his Les able celeb a couple or nice weeks.
I think people seriously underestimate how difficult it is for the pros. Not only do they have to choreograph/teach a brand new routine to the celebs every week but they also have to learn, rehearse & perform almost 20 pro dances over the course of the series. Gio, Gorka, Katya and i’m sure others have spoken in the past about how they pretty much become a support system for the celebs mentally too, that can’t be easy for them.
 
Re AJ and Kai, they both played up to a showmance which is fine - it pulled in the votes. He is allowed to reflect on not being 100% comfortable with his Strictly experience. I can only imagine how intense it must be and how easily attachments are formed that may be little one sided on the celeb's part.

I don't think Kai has really said anything bad about AJ and certainly not directly. The messaging 24/7 is likely to be more of a reflection on how it really is for a pro with any partner, having to be a teacher and a therapist and a friend all at once.
Exactly. People on the AT (and to a certain extent here) treat him as if AJ has been his only partner. It was a generic answer to who knows what question and no doubt edited how the Sun wants, simply saying that Strictly is an intense experience where the pro is at the beck and call of his celeb for the duration. That's pretty much true. How that has morphed into some insult to AJ beggars belief.
 
It isn't the same as saying that Kai definitely shouldn't have a partner.

I just think that Kai could have been more positive about AJ. She has always been positive about him since the show. Honestly, I don't think that the sun shines out of AJ's arse. Since I was a fan of their partnership, I have noticed the difference in their attutiudes to each other publicly.

Well done on your defence. Everyone sees different sides to these situations. I read that article with a bit of a 😲at some of the comments which could be torn apart by the truth. I just see it as a bit of click-bait to drum up their tour, although it does not read well.

I remember the Gorka and Gemma year when they got together, they never denied anything during the series and they had different partners. He even dealt so well with Kevin getting the gig of partnering Alex when Neil was injured, it must have annoyed him but accepted it. IIRC he has since made some reference to it.

I only had interest in the arena tour last year as I had always threatened to get tickets and finally deicided to go see it. As I googled away couldn't believe how much content there was of the celebs touring the country. Don't think I would go again, the arena's are far too large, you spend a lot of time watching the big screen and a lot of the action is posted on You Tube already.
 
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