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Strictly star forced to shave head after signature locks caught fire from barbecue


Strictly Come Dancing winner Bill Bailey has opened up about the reason he decided to shave his head, after his long locks caught fire whilst he was on a hiking holiday

The much-loved funnyman won Strictly with former pro Oti Mabuse in 2020To show his gratitude for her hospitality, Bill did the gentlemanly thing and brought Kristin flowers. At a time when instant messaging was the stuff of science fiction, Bill quite charmingly decided he needed to sweep the 'wild card' off her feet the old-school way. Back in 2009, Bill revealed: "We were travelling around Asia and sailed into a place called Banda, with a beautiful lagoon, and a smoking volcano on one side and a Dutch colonial fort, an old church and remains of a little town on the other.

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