SHIRLEY BALLAS: THE STRICTLY CURSE COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE

[@Ali0103a]

Think this is my favourite episode to date! Full of admiration and respect for Shirley and her honesty 😊

[@sugarush1476]

I agree. One of the best episodes so far

[@sugarush1476]

This was like a therapy session. What an amazing woman. Knew lots of women like this from the Liverpool area, particularly of her generation. Intelligent, poetic and eloquently spoken and very, very strong.

[@carolinewoods830]

Wow! What a woman Shirley.❤ I'm so pleased that I watched this interview,Shirley's Life story is amazing.. Huge respect for her.👏👏

[@Michelle-bo4hj]

Best episode to date . What an interesting women Shirley is , and what a life she has had .Respect for a very brave women

[@peaceatlast2684]

Shirley is simply gorgeous, she isn't staying in her lane, she is slaying in her lane. Her charity work and all the effort She puts in authentically is so admirable. Her entire family must be so proud. I too had a father who although living with us was still not present due to alcoholism, I understand fully how she feels.

[@samanthaflower3175]

What an excellent episode. Shirley is an absolute icon. She's the personification of resilience and of what can be achieved with hard graft and determination. A moving and entertaining conversation in equal measure. ♥

[@chelseachandler3552]

God that had me in tears. What an amazing woman she is, loved this ❤

[@lilahpeters5894]

another BRILLIANT episode !!!!

[@-Lucy-H]

I get so much of what Shirley says especially about relationships, trusting, loving yourself. Brilliant interview 💕

[@Ggxbgdryvxd]

Love Shirley and strictly. Her life story is fascinating and I’m in awe of how she remembers so many details along the way

[@c.t5136]

Thank you Shirley, for sharing this. There are lots of women like us from these eras and you are remarkable for releasing it. Keep going.

[@lynneathey9028]

#JAMIELAING Amazing Jamie. I could listen to you both chatting for a few more hours. You should be so proud of yourself and that your communication skills are so wonderful and relatable. Thank you. You must get Shirley on again. Looking forward to your next Great company podcast.

[@amylodge9116]

Great company is my favourite podcast full stop. I love the guests (even if I didn't know them before), I love the conversations, and I love the positive energy that is exchanged each and every time. It's totally natural. Good job 👍

[@bt23456]

Her life needs to be made into a movie!

[@MichaelBell-x3u]

Shirley, thank you so much for sharing your life story up to this moment. I was so inspired by your stoicism. It remanded me of when Rocky tells his son, life... "it ain't about how hard you can hit." it's about a hard you get hit and keep moving forward . Shirley, that it was you did, and because of you, that is what I am going to do.. I am no longer going to play the victim in my life. Thank you again best wishes x

[@margueritahancock5472]

I loved this interview l love Shirley and l love Jamie he is so right shirleys life could be a film it would be amazing l love that she and her mother still look after each other it is wonderful,l hope these trolls who gives Shirley a hard time watch this video and leave this genuine lovely woman alone❤x❤x❤

[@DanniiMillar]

That was a fantastic interview. Excellent. Loved it. Made me shed a tear as it touched on some stuff in my world. Brilliant- thank you x❤️

[@emychung2516]

What a legend! Loved the interview with Shirley!

[@bernadetteoxford8898]

What an interview, what a woman. I'm off to get her book. Interesting, funny, sad and surprising in equal measure.

[@hollygordon5733]

What a woman, huge respect for her 🙌🏻

[@sugarush1476]

OMG Jamie, you NEED to get Chris McCausland on this as well! 🤩 I would live for that episode 🥰 Dianne would be another great shout.

[@margueritahancock5472]

Diane voice and her screaming does my head in she is so full of herself Chris would be interesting love him but diane no her life is not interesting ....sorry dianne

[@sugarush1476]

@@margueritahancock5472 lol, "her life is not interesting". At least *try* not to sound jealous af hun! XD

[@desertwalk4592]

Just so much heart. ❤️ Love this interview!

[@onlyonce1707]

Brilliant interview!

[@jennymatthews4901]

Loved this

[@cranberrymoonchild]

I did ballroom dancing in my childhood and watched Shirley dancing in Blackpool for many years. I was in awe of her. I loved too, how her husband of the time used to jump over her head at the start of her jive routine 😊

[@Dylangriffiths-tj7jk]

Shirley is an amazing woman who’s lived a remarkable life with all the ups & downs what a wonderful human being . She gives so much to charity which is so wonderful , how heartbreaking to hear of her brother passing I can relate to some of that emotion as my best friend took her own life two years ago suddenly . She was the kindest person I’ve ever known & I will always miss her. ❤️

[@lindyloo3960]

What a fab biopic, her life story would make. Great episode

[@catherinethorpe3940]

Loved this just been brilliant well done Jamie 😘

[@karenhelliwell9393]

Shirley you are amazing thank you for sharing your life !!! I am going through a bad time in my life after my husband passing away. We danced all our lives which was our whole lives I totally understand where you are coming from. Myself I won every championship for 2 years in the sequence world. Dance is such a good therapy I am waiting to have therapy so glad it works. Thank you again Shirley !!!!

[@knightrats]

What a wonderful lady Shirley is. Brilliant interview. I really enjoyed it x

[@leighellis869]

Absolutely amazing episode. Wow Shirley ....... What an amazing life story. And Jamie you shine as an interviewer!!

[@MooMarley]

What an amazing lady 😊

[@daviddewhurst4708]

What an incredible interview! I respect the warmeth expressed and the questions asked by Jamie and the vulnerability showed by Shirley in her answers. Thank you both !

[@Debs785]

Love Shirley

[@janicetrauzold7811]

What a woman love you Shirley You have sacrificed a lot What a success most of all such a lovely woman and so honest

[@ginasmith5472]

This is an amazing episode I relate so much to her life growing up ❤ she is so inspiring

[@sheilamoreno7180]

Absolutely fabulous interview.. 😢❤after hearing this I now have more respect for you Shirley .. thank you for your openness

[@sandrawarhurst9386]

Fantastic Shirley loved the interview.Thank you . I from Droylsden Manchester.for a short time you taught my daughter. 👍🥰❤️xx

[@janacanipel2870]

Loved this episode ❤ thank you Jamie 🙌🏻 Shirley is an absolute Gem! What a journey! She is such a humble courteous and honest soul. Keeeeeeeeep shining 🌟

[@joh3665]

Whoohoo!! Love Shirley! Fab….u….lous! 💃🕺 Great interview as always, thankyou!🎉😊

[@beverleymolloy7966]

Brilliant episode

[@gardensenglishanddance]

Thank you for the interview! I used to be a ballroom dancer too but, of course, I never reached the level Ms Ballas did. I remember watching her with both Mr.Stopford and Mr.Ballas on VHS tapes, she was a great inspiration to me and I even copied some of her moves back then :-) At the beginning I also had one pair of dance shoes which cost a bomb and was custom-made in another city. I grew up in a country which was a member of the Soviet block. PS. I also ran from my tram stop late at night, through the park, after the dance class!

[@originalindiechick7999]

Shirley is fabulous! ❤Love this x😊

[@JulieMAYES-u3u]

I absolutely love this episode 🙌🏻 I admire Shirley for so many different reasons and the last part was fabulous! Especially the very last sentence, epic! And I’m going to use that lol! 😂 🤦🏼‍♀️xx💞

[@RosieJames-tv7tx]

Shirley you have just brought back some fabulous memories. Kissing on the coach, love it! 😊😊

[@larhumba4233]

So much respect and admiration for Shirley, and as a long time Dance fan of a similar age, so interesting to hear her talk about her time with Sammy Stopford as I remember them dancing together.

[@50angeleyes]

All the things Shirley was saying about her childhood were so familiar. My husband left me with two daughters and what she said about him saying he was coming to pick her and her brother up and not turning up, the no cards or presents for Christmas and Birthdays all happened to my girls. Why do men do this to their children. Don’t they realise the damage they do?

[@ginasmith5472]

The part about being in a single parent household and having school dinners hit 😢

[@jmt1335]

Wonderful ❤

[@lynne1920]

Again Jamie a wonderful podcast.Shirley what a wonderful inspiration you are .Such a beautiful lady x

[@blueberryxbugaboo6902]

26:14 are the two kids she’s talking about Derek and Julianne??

[@kathywood6618]

loved it/ What a woman

[@carolcroston8341]

Loved this episode us wirral girls come from tough stock😊

[@chellie7887]

That was so rude, butting in with hello fresh! Disgusting!

[@GillianThompson-s8d]

Agreed - completely spoilt the tone of the interview. How crass

[@amylodge9116]

Wow, I had the exact opposite reaction. Taking advantage of/enjoying the moment... Doing advertising in a more natural way !

[@ChorltonandtheWheelies]

@GillianThompson-s8d I think the OP was joking? (or you are both dim). Jamie obviously filmed the HF segment at another time - he had different clothes on for a start 😣

[@margueritahancock5472]

I think that is part of his advertising deal for the show just like Dan Wooten show he stops and advertises these different remedies to make people feel better they pay for part of the show if not all of it l could be wrong but it is the only reason l can imagine they let her interupt that interview.

[@jewelssunsun9450]

It's a pre-recorded segment. They didn't interrupt the interview. It will have been inserted afterwards.

[@elainelight]

How can he have forgotten the year he was on it! 2020 not 2021🤣

[@telbel4979]

Dad's definitely a compulsive liar.

[@shelleymuttock]

This is someone clearly not healed. Some therapist!

[@brucetucker4365]

Strictly is primarily a popularity contest. The dancing is incidental because the best dancers do not usually win. The viewers (voters) usually gravitate to the Chris McCauslands of this world because he is at such a huge disadvantage.

[@blueberryxbugaboo6902]

No I honestly think the majority of viewers gravitate to people they think have the most genuine hearts e.g Rose, Hamza, Bill, Ellie, Chris, they gravitate towards people they feel a connection with and know have no ill intention

[@tomsochy1238]

​@blueberryxbugaboo6902💯 agreed