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Ex-Strictly star Laila Rouass is seen for the first time since it emerged she was left 'in tears' when pro partner Anton Du Beke said she 'looked like a P***' in historic row - amid show's ongoing misconduct scandal


The judge, 58, reduced Laila to tears in the training room when he told her she 'looked like a P***' after she got a spray tan.

'However, there is a major difference between this and racist comments which are malicious in intent and, whilst I accept that we live in a world of extraordinary political correctness, we should keep things in perspective.' The former Strictly pro took to social media to make a jibe at the seasoned television explorer after it emerged that he lodged a complaint with the BBC over professional dancer Ola's 'rude and impatient manner'. Responding to a Strictly fan's mocking disbelief that the hardened explorer - who has dived with Great White sharks and wrestled poisonous snakes in his career - could be 'reduced to tears' by the 5ft 4in dancer, James joked: 'Please help me!!'

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