Strictly Come Dancing 2023 #35

[Boogs]

Oh god. I love Layton so much ❤ I have to say I’m kinda surprised more popular Strictly couples haven’t thought to capitalise on their success in this way. Nice way to make a bit of money plus a really lovely way to interact with the fans rather than a boring meet & greet type thing..

I think for Layton this was originally an extension of what he is already doing with pros from the shows. I think he is really keen to support young people to achieve their dreams and have opportunities the way he did. I think it was only extended to all the over 18’s due to the demand from all thirsty Lakita fans I’m hopeful that they will do a show based on the interest in these sessions.

Have you seen the Cheer up Charlie charity? This has been set up by a little boy who was bullied because of his love of musical theatre and his music teacher made a viral tweet a few years ago calling for musical theatre stars to support him.


He did an anti bullying single with west end stars including Layton.

I felt so inspired by Lakita that i'm setting one up with Nige inspiring meditation and hot tantric sex sessions to give us all something to take our mind off the cost of living/ways to stay warm for the less fortunate .

I just saw that Casualty is back tomorrow night if you need a Nige fix. He is apparently leaving in Feb so I’m guessing that will mean a big storyline with lots of screen time.

I was thinking the exact same thing myself. Do any of the pros run classes or workshops on their own? Touring classes would be a good alternative to theatre shows for those that don't do shows of their own.

I think Graziano & Arduino and Gio & Pascale do some London based classes.

 

[MidCenturyMadOne]

I think for Layton this was originally an extension of what he is already doing with pros from the shows. I think he is really keen to support young people to achieve their dreams and have opportunities the way he did. I think it was only extended to all the over 18’s due to the demand from all thirsty Lakita fans I’m hopeful that they will do a show based on the interest in these sessions.

Have you seen the Cheer up Charlie charity? This has been set up by a little boy who was bullied because of his love of musical theatre and his music teacher made a viral tweet a few years ago calling for musical theatre stars to support him.


He did an anti bullying single with west end stars including Layton.



I just saw that Casualty is back tomorrow night if you need a Nige fix. He is apparently leaving in Feb so I’m guessing that will mean a big storyline with lots of screen time.


I think Graziano & Arduino and Gio & Pascale do some London based classes.

Michelle does too.

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

i adore him, but, as both a grammar pedant and a geordie, the correct spelling is "youse", baby

As a fellow pedant (and a fellow Geordie), that irked me too

 

[anyone?]

I was sat beside Angela S at the airport yesterday travelling to London i suppose. I didn't speak to her as she was eating food & with her kids / husband. They seem like a really nice & normal family though

 

[da1sycha1n]

And can you imagine what it must be like having AJ bellowing in your face for 10 hours a day. I’d need a few years off to recover.

I turned off Big Brother after a couple of times of her presenting

 

[Fillyjonk]

I turned off Big Brother after a couple of times of her presenting

I just don't get how she gets presenting work. I've seen a few shows she's done and she's very wooden and awkward with the links and even worse at interviews. Any articles about Big Brother I saw were absolutely slating her.

 

[Ablemabel]

Not that I'm suggesting we alert the church elders or anything, but does Karen have a new boyfriend? She's away in the Lake District and keeps posting shots of two cups of coffee, two meals etc and then tagging some fitness guy who has now set his account to private (it was open yesterday). I'm a bit surprised she's advertising it in this way, if she does.

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

Not that I'm suggesting we alert the church elders or anything, but does Karen have a new boyfriend? She's away in the Lake District and keeps posting shots of two cups of coffee, two meals etc and then tagging some fitness guy who has now set his account to private (it was open yesterday). I'm a bit surprised she's advertising it in this way, if she does.

All will be revealed when the wedding photos appear in Hello magazine next month.

 

[OtherMoon]

Not that I'm suggesting we alert the church elders or anything, but does Karen have a new boyfriend? She's away in the Lake District and keeps posting shots of two cups of coffee, two meals etc and then tagging some fitness guy who has now set his account to private (it was open yesterday). I'm a bit surprised she's advertising it in this way, if she does.

I was like surely she is with her mum but tagging a fitness bloke... I wonder if she's one of those people that loves the frill of the chase and the feeling of falling for a guy.

 

[MidCenturyMadOne]

I just don't get how she gets presenting work. I've seen a few shows she's done and she's very wooden and awkward with the links and even worse at interviews. Any articles about Big Brother I saw were absolutely slating her.

And many more were saying how great she is with Will. It took a few episodes for them both to settle in but once they did they really worked.
I’m sure she’s laughing all the way to the bank and her successful career, and good luck to her. Just because she doesn’t appeal to some of you, doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a huge amount of fans.
On the subject of ‘How could Kai put up with her’ comments further up the thread…what about the other way round? An Ibiza and London club dj who’s worked on 4 music and MTV putting up with his shite dad music taste all day? His endless taking the ripoff of her accent and terrible jokes? I think she deserved the sainthood for still liking him by the end ( and still being mates 6 month after)
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I was like surely she is with her mum but tagging a fitness bloke... I wonder if she's one of those people that loves the frill of the chase and the feeling of falling for a guy.

With their hectic lifestyle it’s a miracle they have any kind of relationship, especially the girls

 

[UnknownTattler]

Not that I'm suggesting we alert the church elders or anything, but does Karen have a new boyfriend? She's away in the Lake District and keeps posting shots of two cups of coffee, two meals etc and then tagging some fitness guy who has now set his account to private (it was open yesterday). I'm a bit surprised she's advertising it in this way, if she does.

Looks like it, The Sun had already identified him after the final.

Karen Hauer’s mystery man at Strictly final revealed as former rugby player

KAREN Hauer was spotted leaving the Strictly Come Dancing live final with a hunky former rugby player, The Sun Online can exclusively reveal. Karen, 41, was seen heading out of Elstree Studios in H…

www.thesun.co.uk

All will be revealed when the wedding photos appear in Hello magazine next month.

I was going to say "how long before she marries this one", but thought it was a bit harsh, but you said it first, so Karen seems like one of those women who can't stay single for too long.

 

[MidCenturyMadOne]

Looks like it, The Sun had already identified him after the final.

Karen Hauer’s mystery man at Strictly final revealed as former rugby player

KAREN Hauer was spotted leaving the Strictly Come Dancing live final with a hunky former rugby player, The Sun Online can exclusively reveal. Karen, 41, was seen heading out of Elstree Studios in H…

www.thesun.co.uk

I was going to say "how long before she marries this one", but thought it was a bit harsh, but you said it first, so Karen seems like one of those women who can't stay single for too long.

In a former career I used to be wined and dined by these sport company reps, I wouldn’t trust any of them , the charm is part of the job. Hope she isn’t too taken in.

 

[LowCalCalzoneZone]

Looks like it, The Sun had already identified him after the final.

Karen Hauer’s mystery man at Strictly final revealed as former rugby player

KAREN Hauer was spotted leaving the Strictly Come Dancing live final with a hunky former rugby player, The Sun Online can exclusively reveal. Karen, 41, was seen heading out of Elstree Studios in H…

www.thesun.co.uk

I was going to say "how long before she marries this one", but thought it was a bit harsh, but you said it first, so Karen seems like one of those women who can't stay single for too long.

He's been a friend of Gorka and Gemma for a few years. I didn't think there was anything in the article going by the pap photos, but now looking at Karen's stories, it seems there might be?

 

[Ablemabel]

I'm more surprised by her deliberate two of this, two of that shots and then tagging him
(in v small font) and resharing one of this posts. Each to their own and all but given the events of the last year or so I would have thought she wanted privacy not more attention. Obviously I was wrong! Anyway upshot of it all is him having to set his account to private.

 

[ilovedogss]

Apparently Shirley's going in Big Brother. Wonder if that means she's leaving Strictly.

 

[MidCenturyMadOne]

He's been a friend of Gorka and Gemma for a few years. I didn't think there was anything in the article going by the pap photos, but now looking at Karen's stories, it seems there might be?

Karen is trained PT so a move into fitness full time might be a good move for her and perhaps he’s the right kind of partner for that? I still don’t trust sports reps though!
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Apparently Shirley's going in Big Brother. Wonder if that means she's leaving Strictly.

I noticed those articles, nothing confirmed yet. There were a lot of Strictly connected guests last series so it wouldn’t surprise me ( Tyler, Molly, Oti, Eddie)

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

Apparently Shirley's going in Big Brother. Wonder if that means she's leaving Strictly.

Why would her going on Celeb Big Brother mean she’d be leaving Strictly?

 

[MidCenturyMadOne]

Why would her going on Celeb Big Brother mean she’d be leaving Strictly?

It doesn’t clash with anything Strictly related, so shouldn’t be a problem

 

[Boring Monday]

Why would her going on Celeb Big Brother mean she’d be leaving Strictly?

I suppose it depends on what kind of contract she has with the BBC, but I’ve always understood that they they work on a series by series basis

 

[ilovedogss]

Why would her going on Celeb Big Brother mean she’d be leaving Strictly?

I thought they had to work solely on the bbc