You know, I really have no idea why I didn't expect it to happen this week, I guess because I think this week Layton has probably done his most traditional dances without 'tricks' and yet I have a quick glance at the instagram comments (on everyone's clips, not just his) and on DS and find it's still a deranged litany of 'there was no Rumba in his Rumba!' and 'there was no Charleston in his Charleston!' 'two more showdances!' 'all just gymnastics!' 'I prefer the contestants who actually danced the dance they were supposed to dance' etc.
What the duck is actually the matter with these people?!
You know I think I have slightly more respect for the ones who actually own up to it and say 'yeah, he's too flamboyant and I don't like it' than the ones who are all like *gasp* *pearlclutch* 'I am the least prejudiced person in the world, just ask my gay friend Trevor from work, how very dare anyone suggest my dislike could have anything to do with his sexuality blah blah blah' and then proceed to write a 1000 word diatribe every single week and post it under every clip about how he's the only person with professional dance experience who's ever appeared on Strictly before because everyone else's doesn't actually count somehow, especially not Nigel's, no not because he's straight and white, how dare you. And it's not fair that he's there because he's been perfect from the start, but also all of his dances are tit. And he just twirls and flips around every week and gets 10s without actually doing any of the proper steps, but also he's a professional dancer who can do them better than Nikita, blah bleeping blah.
Some of these people are so bleeping stupid I don't know how they're still alive. I saw a comment with dozens of likes about how it's exactly the same as if they brought an ex-Strictly pro back and had them dance as a celeb, and another one saying they may as well just hire Layton as a new pro. Ffs, even Robbie and Jake aren't considered qualified enough to be Strictly pros, and there's no question they have far more training and experience than Layton.
I can't tell how many of these people are actually so stupid and/or crazy they actually believe the nonsense they're spewing, and how many are just cowardly little trolls who know perfectly well they're making up total bullshit so they can air their bigotry without getting called out on it.
) Donald came From a Vaudeville/Circus background and called himself a ‘hoofer’ who had learnt a couple of routines and tricks and looked like a fabulous dancer. When he was given a contract by the film studio in his mid-teens he had no training, really struggled with everything and had to learn to dance. Apparently, hoofers dance from the waist down and he had to learn to dance from the waist up to be a complete dancer.
