Strictly Come Dancing's Ellie Simmonds responds to 'sad' trolling over dwarfism
27.09.2022 - 16:37
/ ok.co.uk
Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ellie Simmonds has spoken out about the online trolling she has received and labelled it as "sad". Ahead of competing on Strictly, Ellie shared her fears about how the difference in height between her and her partner could impact their performances, and also admitted she was worried about being targeted by trolls. She said: "I’ve had it already.
Some people have said, ‘How’s the dwarf going to dance?’ It’s sad and it does get to you.” Ellie continued to the Mirror: "When I got the call I did wonder whether I should do it.Then I thought I’d do a leap of faith. You don’t know until you try.” The swimmer went on to say that her boyfriend Matt, who also has dwarfism, helped give her the confidence to say yes to the competition. Ellie explained that Matt told her to go for it and that he said "you don't know unless you try".The Paralympian is the BBC show's first contestant with dwarfism and received an overwhelmingly positive response to her first performance in the dancing competition, as well as excellent comments from the judges too.
Anton du Beke said he thought it was a great performance, telling her: "You powered across the floor, like, 'Okay, here we go,' and your side-by-side work was great." Craig Revel Horwood, who is renowned as being one of the harsher judges gave glowing feedback. He said: " ‘I have to agree with Anton, the timing, the attitude, the rhythm… fantastic". Ellie and her partner Nikita Kuzmin performed the cha-cha-cha for their first dance.
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