Strictly Come Dancing's Angela Scanlon was left "absolutely furious" after a BBC boss allegedly made sexist remarks about her.
The star, who has been wowing the judges and viewers with her dance partner Carlos Gu, shared her unpleasant experience on Tiffanie Darke's podcast Fashion as a Force for Good.
Angela, who has landed big TV presenting roles from Your Home Made Perfect to The One Show, revealed that while working on Robot Wars in 2016, a BBC producer referred to her as just the "glamour" of the show.
She also claimed that the same producer had called her the "t*ts and the teeth" of Robot Wars, leaving her fuming.
Recalling the remarks, Angella said: "It felt so reductive and so presumptuous that I would have arrived with my lippy on and my legs out to entertain the lads, and that was my value. Absolutely not."
Following these comments, Angela opted to host the show wearing a boiler suit.
OK! have contacted the BBC for comment.
The Irish presenter has since won over both the Strictly judges and fans with her impressive dance moves – however, this wasn't her first time on the dancefloor.
Before becoming a popular TV presenter, Angela travelled the world, competing against other teams in dazzling performances that left everyone in awe.
Originally from County Meath in Ireland, Angela trained with the O'Shea Irish company, which helped her hone her dancing skills.
The young dance troop even appeared on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast in the early 2000s, where they performed and were photographed alongside fellow Irish singer and songwriter Ronan Keating.
Angela admitted to Strictly hosts Claudia Winkelman and Tess Daly in the first episode of this season that she was still incredibly nervous about taking part in the show.
She also opened up to her followers and said: "I literally forgot how to speak. I was so nervous/stunned, so far out of my comfort zone, so exposed, so ladylike."
Despite her impressive dancing background, some fans of the show claim that Angela has an unfair advantage over her competitors.
However, Angela disagrees, stating that ballroom and Irish dancing are very different. In an interview with the Daily Mail, she said: "Most people in Ireland grow up doing Irish dancing, but ballroom is completely different. I've never done ballroom before, I've never done a rumba or any of this style of dancing. In Irish dancing, you dance on your own and it's very stiff."
* This article was crafted with the help of an AI engine, which speeds up OK!'s editorial research and applies it to article templates created by journalists in our newsrooms. An OK! editor reviewed this content before it was published. You can report any errors to [email protected]
Source: Read Full Article
