Strictly star Shirley Ballas shares cryptic post amid speculation she should be replaced as a judge
STRICTLY star Shirley Ballas has shared a cryptic post amid speculation that she should be replaced as a judge.
Last month the 62-year-old was blasted by fans who claimed that she is sexist.
Many viewers think that Shirley has been showing preference to the male celebrity dancers over the women taking part on this year's series of the BBC1 show.
This has annoyed fans so much so that they have called for her to get the sack.
Yesterday she shared an enigmatic post on her Instagram story.
It has a picture of cartoon character Jerry Mouse looking angry with a quote placed underneath.
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"People will literally drain the nice out of you," the text said.
Last month fans went into meltdown after Sunday night’s show during which Shirley once again backed a man over his “skilled” female rival.
Singer Fleur East, 34, and pro partner Vito Coppola, 30, survived the dance off, but Shirley said she would have booted them out in favour of Radio 2’s Richie Anderson, 34, who performed a Samba dressed as a meerkat.
The next day the head judge shared a cryptic message about "loyalty" after some fans demanded she was sacked.
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She posted an image which showed a dark figure standing next to a pale figure in white and the text: "Some people aren't loyal to you, they are loyal to their need of you.
"Once their need changes, so does their loyalty."
Some demanded that Strictly legend Arlene Phillips should replace Shirley.
Days after it all kicked off, he fought back the tears during an appearance on Loose Women as she spoke out about the vile trolls who targeted her online.
Shirley told the Loose Women: "I appreciate the audience have been watching it for 20 years but sometimes... what I want to get across is when you watch a TV screen, you only see half of what I see.
"I love that they have an opinion, it's when it starts to get overboard and nasty."
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She continued: "It's a tough industry and has been a tough industry my whole life, so Saturdays... oh I'm getting emotional already... and Saturdays are like going to Disneyland, it's the ultimate job, I really enjoy it.
"I do read everything... it's really hurtful. Some of the language is so explicit I couldn't even retweet them."
