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Several of the other pros are apparently helping AJ with the choreography!
AJ is a dancer and has, all his dancing life, simply taken lessons from teachers who provide him with his choreography and he has never done any of his own (which is what you would expect from one so young) It was always a silly idea to bring in someone with only amateur competition experience but the had to find someone short enough to dance with Chloe and were short on options (excuse the pun) He won't be there next year and knows it but having been forced to turn pro will have to compete next year and probably not even make finals on the Open Dance circuit. The show's changed from the early days and all the pros have outside input with choreography for certain dances so I don't see why AJ needing help would be a problem if he's a good partner to Claudia. |
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You would not see Sir Bruce do that, but then he has real talent to be able to entertain, I like Claudia but she is not really in the same league.
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someone short enough to dance with Chloe and were short on options (excuse the pun)
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Nice to know I'm not alone in thinking that
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I agree too, she wouldn't dare to be "funny" to Brendan or any of the other older professionals so this bordered on bullying this young dancer. I think he is excellent.
I don't think Brendan is particularly sensitive about jokes and everyone seems to take the p### out of Anton. |
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I agree too, she wouldn't dare to be "funny" to Brendan or any of the other older professionals so this bordered on bullying this young dancer. I think he is excellent.
![]() Why, what would Brendan do...throw his plastic hoops out of the pram perhaps?? |
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Honestly, it was just a harmless joke. AJ didn't seem at all bothered!
Being young is generally perceived by society to be a good thing with lots of possibilities ahead. Being old is generally viewed negatively. . |
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I agree too, she wouldn't dare to be "funny" to Brendan or any of the other older professionals so this bordered on bullying this young dancer. I think he is excellent.
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Last year Claudia, Tess, and Zoe, too, were fawning over Gleb how irresistibly handsome he was. Now Gorka is the corker and AJ is eleven. They are doing it so you can remember them better, I think. It's not mean, it's not bullying. And as for Brendan, he probably wouldn't mind to be told he looks younger
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I think there's a difference between going on about how sexy someone is, which is basically a compliment, and ribbing somebody about their age/how young they look, which is highly patronising.
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I think there's a difference between going on about how sexy someone is, which is basically a compliment, and ribbing somebody about their age/how young they look, which is highly patronising.
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I think there's a difference between going on about how sexy someone is, which is basically a compliment, and ribbing somebody about their age/how young they look, which is highly patronising.
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Last year Claudia, Tess, and Zoe, too, were fawning over Gleb how irresistibly handsome he was. Now Gorka is the corker and AJ is eleven. They are doing it so you can remember them better, I think. It's not mean, it's not bullying. And as for Brendan, he probably wouldn't mind to be told he looks younger
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!sn't that insulting to the viewers intelligence . We're not all thickos . I don't believe the 3 presenters are acting independently but will have had long discussions with the producers about the direction to take . I mean calling Robert Rinder, Judge is definitely a production policy used by all 3 .
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I think there's a difference between going on about how sexy someone is, which is basically a compliment, and ribbing somebody about their age/how young they look, which is highly patronising.
He is new, wants to make a name for himself so will probably welcome any attention. He is also English so used to the British sense of humour and Claudia. |
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He won't be there next year and knows it but having been forced to turn pro will have to compete next year and probably not even make finals on the Open Dance circuit. Would be a shame for AJ to have turned pro on the basis of the Strictly contract, only to be out after one year. Having said that, I think we will see more change and switching of pros in future. |
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So either he's mature enough to make his own decisions and fight his own battles or he's not and then Claudia is actually right. But you can't have it both ways.
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I think there's a difference between going on about how sexy someone is, which is basically a compliment.
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I agree too, she wouldn't dare to be "funny" to Brendan or any of the other older professionals so this bordered on bullying this young dancer. I think he is excellent.
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Except that if a man said it of a woman on TV there'd be a Twitterstorm and Guardian articles about the objectification of women and the patriarchal society by the shedload!
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As others have said, everyone is always being 'funny' with Anton and I'm pretty sure she has been with Brendan in the past too. Claudia and Tess both take the Mickey out of Craig as well and I doubt any of them feel they are being bullied. I don't think Claudia is so mean that she would make jokes that were upsetting someone and AJ looked fine with it, but if he was that over-sensitive he probably shouldn't be working in TV.
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