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Strictly star Layton Williams admits ‘lying in bed with tears flowing’ over backlash: ‘The past six months have been testing’

Strictly star Layton Williams admits 'lying in bed with tears flowing' over backlash: 'The past six months have been testing'

Strictly finalist Layton Williams has opened up about how he has coped following the backlash over his appearance on the hit BBC show. Layton at the ‘I Kissed A Boy’ premier in Liverpool (Credit: Cover Images) The Bad Education actor added: “But I got to a point where I had to believe that as long as my family and friends accepted me, that was all that mattered. The backlash came after Strictly Come Dancing viewers felt it was unfair that Layton, a trained musical theatre performer, should enter the competition.

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