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James Jordan hits back as unearthed footage of him ‘fat-shaming’ celeb partner Georgina Bouzova in Strictly rehearsals sparks backlash

Strictly star James Jordan has defended himself after footage of him 'fat-shaming' Georgina Bouzova was unearthed recently.

“But I just wanted to reassure you that footage was shot and edited together by the BBC team for transmission on It Takes Two 18 years ago in specific ways for the purposes of ENTERTAINMENT,” he then continued. “The producers loved to paint me as the bad guy and I played along… always a perfectionist… but I would never have deliberately upset anyone and pride myself on good friendships with my celebrity dance partners,” he then said. “There is no comparison to be drawn between those awful allegations and the highly produced and exaggerated VT from the BBC archives that is featuring on social media.

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