{"id":24808,"date":"2022-10-29T21:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T19:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1730194"},"modified":"2022-10-29T21:41:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T19:41:10","slug":"strictlys-tony-adams-says-sorry-to-shirley-and-celebrates-his-best-score-yet","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/strictlys-tony-adams-says-sorry-to-shirley-and-celebrates-his-best-score-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly\u2019s Tony Adams says sorry to Shirley and celebrates his best score yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 29 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Footballer Tony Adams has apologised to Shirley Ballas after he appeared to criticise the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-release-date\/&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> judge during last week\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<p>The former Arsenal and England captain was heard jokingly muttering \u201cShirley, go home\u201d when she was left unimpressed by his cha-cha-cha last week, with the judge eventually giving him only a 4 for the routine.<\/p>\n<p>But he fared much better with his quickstep to The Devil Went Down to Georgia for Halloween Week, receiving an 8 from Shirley to help give him his highest score to date \u2013 earning a total of 31 points.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">The devil went down to Elstree&#8230; and turned Tony into a Ballroom dancer! ???? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Strictly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#Strictly<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyAdams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@TonyAdams<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mrs_katjones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@Mrs_katjones<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/EgXhUCbRZB&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/EgXhUCbRZB<\/a><\/p>\u2014 BBC Strictly \u2728 (@bbcstrictly) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcstrictly\/status\/1586418272924229638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>And after celebrating the score, he made sure to apologise for his comments last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got to say to Shirley, I made a comment last week \u2013 I ain\u2019t got a clue,\u201d he said. \u201cI accept a four, I accept an eight, it doesn\u2019t really matter, I don\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cBut I\u2019ve got to apologise for my comment. Listen, don\u2019t go home Shirley, you can stay, because she is Strictly!\u201d<\/p> <p>In addition to earning his highest score to date, Tony\u2019s routine proved very popular with viewers at home \u2013 including recently voted-off contestant <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/strictly-come-dancing-2022-contestant-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Jayde Adams<\/a>, who tweeted: \u201c<span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">I\u2019m telling you, <\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-b88u0q=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">Tony<\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\"> Adams for the win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">\u201cI honestly think <\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-b88u0q=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">Tony<\/span><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\"> has made such an improvement! Fair play to him! Katya, what an absolute teacher and mentor she is!\u201d wrote one fan, while another tweeted, \u201c<span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-b88u0q=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">TONY<\/span> AND KATYA!!!! Brilliant dancing, brilliant choreography, brilliant performance, brilliant story \u2013 and the bit at the end where he \u2018takes\u2019 her soul. INCREDIBLE!!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Catch up now on BBC iPlayer. 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