“I think it’s ridiculous. I do know someone that is refusing to have it and that drives me nuts.”
Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood on his frustration with anti-vaxxers, the new series and the upside of growing up in 2021. thetimes.co.uk/article/strict…
Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood on his frustration with anti-vaxxers, the new series and the upside of growing up in 2021. thetimes.co.uk/article/strict…
On Saturday night the new crop of 15 dancers will begin the first live Strictly Come Dancing show, showcasing its first deaf celebrity (Rose Ayling- Ellis) as well as the first all-male pairing, the pro Johannes Radebe and the TV chef John Whaite.
Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood has been one of the driving forces behind the show’s embrace of same-sex pairings.
After sharing his struggle for acceptance as a bisexual youth in a small Australian town, does Revel Horwood feel jealous of young teens today?
After sharing his struggle for acceptance as a bisexual youth in a small Australian town, does Revel Horwood feel jealous of young teens today?
“I am totally jealous. Why wasn’t it happening in my day? It’s so unfair. I could have been a kid at home going, ‘Look,’ to men dancing together, ‘that’s so cool and it’s accepted.’”
“But not for me, growing up; quite the reverse. Totally unacceptable for you to be a ballet dancer anyway, let alone be gay with it or bisexual or anything like that or non-binary.”
“I have built up a tough rhinoceros sort of style skin in order to deal with the world because it still happens in various countries and other places...
“There are places in the UK where it’s still frowned upon and it would disgust people, two men dancing or two women dancing.”
“There are places in the UK where it’s still frowned upon and it would disgust people, two men dancing or two women dancing.”
About to have his Covid booster jab, the Strictly judge is not sure if vaccine sceptics are “ill-informed” or “just standing up to be different”, but he has about as much love and patience for them as he did about the politician Ann Widdecombe’s ballroom skills.
“I mean, it’s like the malaria vaccination. Would you not have it and just go and die of malaria? This is no different a vaccine to the flu or anything, and why people are up in arms about it I have no idea.”
With Bruno Tonioli not returning this series, Revel Horwood is the only judge to remain since the beginning in 2004.
The secret to his staying power? Simply turning up.
The secret to his staying power? Simply turning up.
"I was in the chorus for a long time. Where you get docked if you missed a performance. So you tend not to miss them.
"I have got the best front-row seat on a Saturday night. Why would I not turn up for work?”
"I have got the best front-row seat on a Saturday night. Why would I not turn up for work?”
Read the full interview: thetimes.co.uk/article/strict…
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