Strictly bosses called out over line-up as TV legend demands shake-up fuming 'it's not fair'

Joan Collins told the Loose Women sheet that she thinks it is unfair for celebrities with dancing acquisition to beryllium pitted against those with nary cognition of the creation this Monday.

Dame Joan Collins has unleashed a scathing critique of Strictly Come Dancing's personage enactment process, insisting that amusement bosses request to rethink their approach.

While she has ne'er competed for the Glitter Ball, the erstwhile Dynasty diva didn't mince her words during an quality connected Loose Women this Monday (23 September), arsenic she declared "it's not fair" successful a candid treatment astir the deed BBC One creation contest.

An avowed Strictly aficionado, Dame Joan Collins told presenter Ruth Langsford what she thought of the astir caller series' kick-off and the speech rapidly turned to Love Island's Tasha Ghouri, who soared to the apical of the leaderboard with a stunning show to Sabrina Carpenter's Espresso.

But Tasha's creation background, which has been called out successful the past, near the 91-year-old wondering if the contention was truly just towards celebrities who person ne'er slipped connected their dancing shoes.

With Joan Collins successful the blistery spot and known for her emotion of each things Strictly, Ruth probed for her instrumentality connected whether creation pros should truly beryllium competing alongside implicit beginners. Chatting with the telly favourite, the ex-This Morning presenter dug in: "There are different radical saying 'that's not just for the amateurs' you cognize radical who person ne'er adjacent stepped connected a creation floor. You ticker the show, I cognize you're a fan," reports the Express.

"Yes I do," the celeb icon rapidly replied, portion Ruth pressed connected with her query, asking: "So what bash you think? " Without missing a beat, Joan remarked: "I don't deliberation radical should beryllium connected who person creation experience. I deliberation it's overmuch much amusive to ticker radical who are full amateurs, you cognize similar the unsighted guy, he's amazing."

She continued, clarifying her point: "It's not that I'm negating them, you cognize everybody has to bash their happening but it's not just to the different contestants." Asserting her ain background, Joan chopped successful with confidence: "I've had creation experience. I started going to creation schoolhouse erstwhile I was 3 truthful I would astir apt beryllium rather good."

Ruth couldn't defy quipping: "There'll beryllium idiosyncratic determination astatine Strictly close present [miming penning successful a notebook] 'Dame Joan Collins'," which caused the sheet and viewers alike to erupt into laughter, convinced the prima volition beryllium eyed up for the 2025 line-up.

Though she is simply a well-known instrumentality of the show, the histrion erstwhile admitted that she had turned down an quality connected some the US and UK versions of the series. During a chat connected BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, she past said determination was "no way" she would look connected it. A prime she'd explained to Metro, saying: "I deliberation it’s not dancing, it’s acrobatics, you know, and you person to beryllium truthful acrobatic."

"And frankly I don’t privation to beryllium thrown astir astatine this age. I person nary request to bash it, and it would beryllium nary amusive for me. And I lone privation to beryllium doing things that are going to beryllium fun", she candidly added. Could she person changed her mind?

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