{"id":7960,"date":"2021-11-29T11:24:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T10:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1521996"},"modified":"2021-11-29T11:36:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T10:36:07","slug":"dan-walker-addresses-strictly-criticism-and-calls-for-him-to-leave-show","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/dan-walker-addresses-strictly-criticism-and-calls-for-him-to-leave-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Walker addresses Strictly criticism and calls for him to leave show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 29 November 2021 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>Dan Walker has survived yet another week on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/talent-shows\/strictly-come-dancing-2021-start-date-news\/&quot;\">Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> \u2013 making it through to the quarter-finals along with his professional partner Nadiya Bychkova.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC Breakfast presenter has regularly finished towards the bottom end of the judges\u2019 leaderboard in recent weeks but is yet to appear in the dread dance-off, having been saved by votes from viewers at home.<\/p>\n<p>And following last night\u2019s result, Walker took to Twitter to speak out against some fans who have criticised his continued presence in the ballroom contest.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">\u201cThank you to everyone who is sending lovely messages &amp; enjoying us having fun on <\/span><span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\">#Strictly,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">\u201cAnd to the few who say\u2026 \u2018Just leave\u2019, \u2018Aren\u2019t you ashamed?\u2019, \u2018You\u2019re a disgrace\u2019, \u2018It\u2019s a fix\u2019 (which I don\u2019t get) or \u2018Who is voting for them?\u2019, IT\u2019S A TV SHOW! See you in the 1\/4 finals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Thank you to everyone who is sending lovely messages &amp; enjoying us having fun on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Strictly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#Strictly<\/a> and to the few who say\u2026<br\/><br\/>\u201cJust leave\u201d<br\/>\u201cAren\u2019t you ashamed?\u201d<br\/>\u201cYou\u2019re a disgrace\u201d<br\/>\u201cIt\u2019s a fix\u201d (which I don\u2019t get)<br\/>or<br\/>\u201cWho is voting for them?\u201d<br\/><br\/>IT\u2019S A TV SHOW!<br\/><br\/>See you in the 1\/4 finals ???? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/40eCNBfOYz&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/40eCNBfOYz<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrdanwalker\/status\/1465044924601094145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">Last week, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-dan-walker-ian-waite-criticism-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">former Strictly professional <\/a><\/span><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/strictly-dan-walker-ian-waite-criticism-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Ian Waite defended Dan<\/a> in an exclusive interview with <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, saying that he was \u201cnot surprised people are voting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDan\u2019s not a dancer. He\u2019s never danced before,\u201d he said. \u201cHe is one of the celebs who has come into this with no experience whatsoever and I think that\u2019s what people love because he\u2019s giving it a go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, he\u2019s not the most natural dancer obviously, because he\u2019s never had any experience of doing it, but he\u2019s improving week on week.\u201d<\/p> <p>He added: \u201cYou can see the enjoyment in his face, and I\u2019m not surprised people are voting for him because they can empathise that he hasn\u2019t had any experience before and they can see improvement week on week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan and Nadiya scored 31 points for their Rumba to Desperado by Eagles on Saturday night, a point more than eliminated contestant Tilly Ramsay but four less than Rhys Stephenson, who was in the dance-off for the second consecutive week.<\/p>\n<p>There are now just five celebrities remaining in the competition, with Dan and Rhys joined by former Bake Off winner John Whaite, TV presenter AJ Odudu and EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis.<\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><strong>Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One on Saturday, 4th December. Want something else to watch? Check out our full <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a> hub for the latest news.\u00a0<\/strong><\/section><\/section><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Monday, 29 November 2021 at 12:00 am Dan Walker has survived yet another week on Strictly Come Dancing \u2013 making it through to the quarter-finals along with his professional partner Nadiya Bychkova. 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