Strictly Come Dancing's Shirley Ballas stunned on spin-off show It Takes Two as she revealed her most embarrassing moment with the show. The 62-year-old Latin dance champion caused jaws to drop as she answered fan questions on the BBC Two show.
Shirley, known as the 'Queen of Latin', was appointed head judge on the BBC One dance contest in 2017 following the departure of Len Goodman. She was asked: "What's the most embarrassing moment on screen or behind the scenes?"
Shirley, who appeared as a guest on the show alongside fellow judge Anton Du Beke, made a confession that caused host Janette Manrara's mouth to fall open in shock. She recalled moment she ended up auditioning for her role as head judge without underwear after a mishap.
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"I have an embarrassing moment," she said. "When I first did my audition for Strictly Come Dancing, I'd flown over and I had a bad back and I was all ready and they said 'we must put some ice on your back Shirley.'
"So they did and the ice melted and my knickers got wet so I actually did my audition pantyless with a lovely long dress and eyelashes and the hair for days with water trickling down everywhere it shouldn't be trickling."
She added: "It was a very interesting and most embarrassing moment That was my try out for Strictly Come Dancing that's what I remember." A wide-eyed Janette said: "Well it worked, whatever she did underneath the dress was fine."
The question was then posed to Anton, who pretended to fan himself as Shirley told her comical story. "I have nothing to top that," he laughed.
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