I don't think he was and I'm getting my info from a former pro.

It wouldn't be about criticizing Ola .. it would be about her celebrity partner. Also .. when did James acquire good manners?

A fair job, but not that great.

I believe Steve's efforts tonight was actually better then his and Simon's jive was head and shoulders ahead but was scored less.

I've watched since show one, so I remember what Brendan was like too. He calmed down when he met his wife. I also know people who know the dancers. I think you'll find that James is thought of as a big softy by his dancing colleagues and the hard man act is just that, an act.

Even Len brushes off negative comments about James saying James is so passionate about dancing he gets carried away, but it all blows over very quickly. Ola wears the pants in that household and I doubt if she thinks James is a dead weight. They want to start a family, so I suspect this is her last year any way. I get you don't like James, but don't let that stand in the way of the truth.

Can you imagine the outcry if Ola really did end her marriage to the man she loves and wants to have children with just to further her career? Fortunately, I believe she is classier and more naturally loving than that

LOL! I'm getting mine from someone connected with the show. I guess nobody likes everybody!

James was very sensitive about his masculinity on the bits of CBB that I watched. In his tweets he goes on about Steve being a 'man's man'. I wonder if he is happy about his wife dancing with a muscle-bound, adventure-sporting, martial arts-loving, outdoorsy, wildlife-expert, academic, children's author, likeable man's man.

Say some more nice things about Steve...

I get where you're coming from with this, but I honestly think the Jordans would never have stayed on the show for so long if that was a problem for either of them. More than likely, James and Steve will end up as mates.

That is not the truth as I know it eiher though- when it was announced James was to take part in SCD there was many raised eyebrows in the dance world in which at the time he had a rep for being out spoken and narky and to me seems nothing much has changed - just he way he is

Do you think that could have been partly due to it being the competition world bendy? There's no doubt James (or Brendan) hates losing.

Perhaps, but you didn't mention them in your thread. You just said that Jake wasn't great. I replied saying that I thought he did a fair job. My opinion...and yes, I thought Simon did very well.

Oh, I don't think Ola is planning to run off with Steve or anything and James must be used to her dancing with hunk-o-matics. I just think that James goes to great, and cringeworthy, lengths to present himself as a 'man's man' and just over-compensates by coming across as a macho knob. It must be inwardly killing him that Steve is someone who is the genuine article and manages to be blokey without being nasty. I mean, Steve is masculine and he loves badgers. How cool is that?

TBH I haven't seen Steve in anything! But I don't think just because he does what he does for a living makes him more of a man's man. It's the choice he made and James chose dancing. I like James, so I don't agree with your description of him, but maybe James will do a bit of hero worshipping when it comes to Steve?

definitely - then again loads in the comp world who are not like that at all - and there are ones on the show (anton) who are more like James in the comp world

Wonder why he said on CBB that all the dancers except Anton were 'beige, if he got on so well with them...not very complimentary...

I personally don't think someone is less of a man's man because they choose to be a dancer, rather than an intrepid type, but having seen James outside of Strictly this perception of male dancers is obviously his Achilles heel and probably why he over-compensates with the self-conscious masculinity and ends up coming across as an arsehole. James tries too hard to be a man's man and ends up being unlikeable because of it, whereas Steve just is a man's man and ends up being liked by men, women and children. This might play on James's obvious insecurities and make him a bit pig-sick on the inside, while he is tweeting his support on the outside.

I get you.


I don't watch CBB, but I did read an interview with James that said he did it for the pay cheque. Personally I would take anything I heard on the show with a pinch of salt. I don't doubt what he said, but whether he meant it, I'm not so sure. I was disappointed that James did CBB, but he will have earned more doing it than he would on SCD, so fair enough. Even though he came 3rd, as far as I can see, he did himself no favours. No doubt he was smarting at not getting a celeb on the show and that would have made matters worse. He could have stayed on SCD to dance in the pro dances, but chose not to do that. Maybe the money for CBB was too good to miss, especially if Ola wants to start a family soon.

I think James is happy that Ola isn't dancing with a fat, bald, middle aged tosser with a bit of a reputation!

James is actually quite camp. He has quite camp mannerisms.
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Well he certainly sounded like he meant it. It was said in a conversation about Strictly.
I can't remember who he was chatting to but he definitely said it.
Same as referring to himself as the Brad Pitt of the dance world when talking to Gary Busey about their respective careers..what a plonker!!
I actually quite liked him in Strictly and he was one of the reasons I started watching CBB again, but my goodness, my opinion of him very quickly changed ...

Sorry but James just comes across as an oaf

The Brad Pitt of the dance world make me split my sides when I heard! He has a pretty big ego!

To me the Brad Pitt of the dance world is Derek Hough! James wouldn't even be the Vince Vaughn!

Time Luigy39 moved out of 19th century and bit closer to 21st. Hating James is so very passé.

And Gary's reply when James said that was priceless, and I quote...'who told you that?'..talk about being shot down in flames!!