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Dancing On Ice star Ashley Banjo ‘didn’t leave the house for weeks’ amid furious BGT backlash

He's a staple of Dancing On Ice on the judging panel. But Ashley Banjo has previously addressed 'hiding away' following TV controversy.

Members of Diversity take the knee during their controversial 2020 performance (Credit: BGT YouTube) While many viewers applauded the powerful moment on ITV, thousands of others made complaints to Ofcom. ‘I was just bringing the conversation to a place that is natural for me’ (Credit: BGT YouTube)Around the same time, Ashley also denied he was attempting to “make a political statement”. He told The Guardian: “I wasn’t trying to cause reform or change policy, I was just bringing the conversation to a place that is natural for me: a stage.”

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