Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has been left shocked and saddened by vile hate mail she's received while performing in pantomime in Darlington.
The BBC show's head judge has been treading the board's at the town's Hippodrome theatre as Mother Nature in Jack & the Beanstalk and was stunned to be sent the horrifying handwritten letter to the theatre.
Part of the note read: "Gob*****. Could you - during your gob******* performance - remove your head from your huge fat a******."
Speaking on Instagram , Shirley told her many followers "Shirley calmly said: "As we know I had quite a lot of bullying on Strictly last series and my Instagram inbox was full of horrific and horrendous messages.
"Now it's gone a step further and I've had a hand delivered message addressed to me, with not so nice comments or words.
"I do find it quite upsetting when I've been out there performing and then I read something like this from someone who doesn't even know me.
"Anyone out there who receives awful messages or hate mail," she said, "The issue is the other person's, not ours.
"My message is, be strong going into 2020 and really love yourself. Don't be phased by the bullies."
Captioning snaps of the message and envelope, she wrote: "Well I guess this will never end.
Shirley had been having a great time in the North East, as well as earning great reviews for her panto star turn, she's partied at The Botanist in Newcastle with casts of other pantomimes in the region and had meals out at places like Chiquito in Teesside Park.
