Overview

• Appearing on The One Show, Shirley Ballas said a celebrity dating app rejected her twice while her PA was accepted.
• Ballas told viewers to watch for 'minute changes' to this year's Strictly Come Dancing and hinted familiar elements may shift position.
• Reports from Elstree Studios say contestant Thomas Skinner walked out of a BBC press interview and grabbed a reporter's phone.
• Skinner's casting has drawn criticism over past X posts defending flag flying and describing London as unsafe, hostile and tense.
• Ballas praised what she called an 'exceptional' 2025 cast and did not address the reported press incident during her interview.