{"id":84399,"date":"2023-10-29T06:58:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T06:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/?p=84399"},"modified":"2023-10-29T06:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T06:58:28","slug":"im-63-i-have-a-great-body-i-put-some-people-to-shame-says-strictlys-shirley-ballas-in-sexiest-shoot-ever-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/fashion\/im-63-i-have-a-great-body-i-put-some-people-to-shame-says-strictlys-shirley-ballas-in-sexiest-shoot-ever-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m 63, I have a great body. I put some people to shame!, says Strictly's Shirley Ballas in sexiest shoot EVER | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

AS Strictly Come Dancing\u2019s head judge and one of the most glamorous women on TV, Shirley Ballas is in demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been offered The Chase, Celebrity Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and Mastermind,\u201d she laughs, admitting she has zero desire to test her brain power<\/span> before the nation.<\/p>\n


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\u201cI look on that with a little trepidation and think: \u2018Oh no. Not quite me.\u2019 I\u2019m more about doing challenges that people think you can\u2019t do at my age.\u201d<\/p>\n

Channel 4\u2019s military training reality show SAS: Who Dares Wins is at the top of the 63 year old\u2019s wish list.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to do that! I watch it every week,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s nothing that I haven\u2019t gone through in my industry, with men screaming in my face. They are pussycats in comparison!\u201d<\/p>\n

There is no doubt Shirley is made of tough stuff. Raised on a housing estate in Wallasey, Merseyside, to a single mum who worked multiple jobs<\/span>, she grafted to become the Queen<\/span> of Latin. <\/p>\n

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With zero broadcasting experience, she was a risk for the BBC, who appointed her head judge of the hit show in 2017. <\/p>\n

But the gamble paid off when viewers fell in love with Shirley\u2019s warm, straight-talking critique.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an adjudicator, judging the major dance championships around the world, I judge without fear or favour, and I have no favouritism at all. The public, at the end of the day, has the vote. <\/p>\n

"All I say to the public is, vote! Because if you don\u2019t, there will be two in the bottom two, and if the judges don\u2019t agree, it will be me who\u2019s sending them home, and then most people complain.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But it went beyond complaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Shirley described what she experienced as \u201cout-of-control abuse\u201d, which descended into cruel jibes about her appearance. <\/p>\n

She labelled it an \u201call-time low\u201d in her Strictly journey, which forced her to take a three-week break from social media.<\/p>\n

Today, she\u2019s clearly in a better place, and says one of the ways she is now protecting herself from the damage of internet trolls is by keeping perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the millions of great comments that I get, I might get a handful of people that want to say something and the newspaper might put that one line in. I don\u2019t take it personally. I forgive them all.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a TV show. It\u2019s a wonderful show that comes on during these beautiful autumn months. It gives us great pleasure and I don\u2019t focus on any of that at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Referring to week two of the latest series, when she was lambasted for awarding comedian Eddie Kadi and his professional partner Karen Hauer<\/span> a 10 for their Couple\u2019s Choice performance, she adds: \u201cIf I go in my [Instagram] inbox, that\u2019s going up by 5,000 followers a week, I might get one person saying: \u2018Are you sure about that 10?\u2019 People want to focus on the negative. It\u2019s sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Happily, Shirley says this year is, so far, running smoothly. \u201cWe haven\u2019t had any awful comments like we had last year. <\/p>\n

"The show has been phenomenal for everybody and I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve been targeted\u2026 not yet, anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

On top of her already busy schedule, Shirley is currently promoting her first novel, Murder On The Dance Floor, about a young dancing star who dies in mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a delicate balance between work and rest, but Shirley is determined to carve out time for herself and reduce the anxiety she\u2019s struggled with over the years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to have my yoga,\u201d she says to the question of how she boasts the physique of a woman 20 years younger. <\/p>\n

\u201cI try to do 10,000 steps<\/span> a day, particularly when I\u2019m travelling. I eat right. I could munch on crap, but before I eat, I think: \u2018Is it healthy for me?\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery week on Strictly, the catering makes me a chicken. I nibble on it and Craig [Revel Horwood] will go: \u2018Come on, I\u2019ve got cheese in my dressing room<\/span>.\u2019 <\/p>\n

"He has it with a cracker and I have it without. It\u2019s about monitoring.\u201d<\/p>\n

This summer, Shirley tested herself by completing a trio of white-knuckle challenges in honour of her brother David \u2013 who at 44 and in the grip of depression, took his own life in 2003 \u2013 and in support of suicide-prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM).<\/p>\n

She conquered the world\u2019s fastest zipline and soared 5,000ft over a Welsh quarry, took to the skies for a wing-walk, then threw herself out of a plane from 15,000ft.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho was that? She must have been absolutely mad. Oh, that\u2019s right. It was me!\u201d chuckles Shirley. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll of them were scary, but if I baked a cake, would you be talking about it? Now I\u2019ve got to think of challenges I can do next<\/span> year. Go to the moon?\u201d<\/p>\n

Only a fool would underestimate Shirley, who has been open about any beauty procedures she\u2019s had done \u2013 she spoke about having a non-surgical facelift on Loose Women this year, and is \u201cpartial to a little Botox\u201d \u2013 as well as health matters. <\/p>\n

She\u2019s spoken about her decision in 2019 to remove her breast implants due to a family history<\/span> of breast cancer, and two years ago shared health updates after Strictly fans spotted a lump on her arm.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, after tests for cancer, she got the all-clear.<\/p>\n


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Now, after years of struggling to \u201cswitch off\u201d it\u2019s refreshing to hear how Shirley is achieving more balance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I get older, I\u2019m listening to my body, so if it decides it needs more time to rest, there\u2019s nothing wrong with that,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sleep habits are improving, I get plenty of water and I choose to surround myself with people like my mum, my personal assistant Harry, my driver George and my son [Dancing With The Stars\u2019 Mark Ballas, 37], who are all uplifting people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another person enriching Shirley\u2019s life is her boyfriend of five years, Danny Taylor, 50, who she met while rehearsing for panto at the Liverpool Empire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have married him then, but now, with my life the way it is, I think we\u2019re both happy with our situation,\u201d says Shirley of their decision earlier this year to call off engagement plans, which she says was to allow them time to focus on their families.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Danny has a teenage son, while Shirley shares a home with her 84-year-old mum Audrey, who is in remission from colon cancer. <\/p>\n

And in June, her LA-based son Mark and his wife BC Jean, both musicians, announced they\u2019re expecting their first child.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarriage isn\u2019t a necessity,\u201d continues Shirley, whose four-year nuptials to former dancer Sammy Stopford ended in 1984, a year before she tied the knot to husband of 22 years, ballroom dancer Corky Ballas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a bit more pushy, and when it didn\u2019t happen, I thought: \u2018He\u2019s busy, I\u2019m busy.\u2019 We get together, we enjoy that time when we can with no pressure. It works for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple, who FaceTime daily, will next meet in a few weeks in Blackpool, when Strictly broadcasts live from the historic home of ballroom. <\/p>\n

Naturally, Shirley swears that absence makes the heart grow fonder.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does! We always have something to talk about and there\u2019s always a laugh to be had.\u201d <\/p>\n

Like actress Helena Bonham Carter, who\u2019s slammed the term \u201ctoyboy\u201d to describe her boyfriend, claiming \u201cit implies he\u2019s got nothing to offer than his body\u201d, Shirley insists she and Danny are on an equal playing field \u2013 in every way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 63, babe, I have a great body. I put some people to shame! We both bring something great to the table. <\/p>\n

"Life isn\u2019t always about sex. You have to have somebody that\u2019s got intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shirley\u2019s \u201cstill waiting\u201d to hear what Danny\u2019s doing over Christmas, which she plans to spend at home with her mum. <\/p>\n

As for 2024, she intends to devote every spare moment to bonding with her family\u2019s latest tiny addition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be working my schedule around how I go to America and how close I can be to the grandbaby,\u201d she says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be doing all the things she [BC Jean] can\u2019t, like housework, cleaning the windows, scrubbing the floor. That\u2019s the type of mother-in-law I am,\u201d she smiles. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll take on those jobs other people don\u2019t want, and then when I\u2019m given a chance to have a snuggle-bunny cuddle, I\u2019ll take that<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Strictly, she is equally adoring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show is a phenomenon,\u201d she says. \u201cThe glitz and glamour, the stories and characters\u2026 it\u2019s the whole package.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0So, which contestants has she got her eye on for the final?<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI have to answer this with all my heart,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s every single one of them, because every week they bring something different. I can\u2019t single anyone out. <\/p>\n

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