Strictly star Vick Hope previously denied claims she’d been ‘banned’ from the BBC for comments she made following her elimination from the show.
Vick and her pro partner Graziano di Prima were the fourth pair to be booted off the competition in 2018. And Vick later raised eyebrows with some remarks she made about the judges.
Sources even alleged to The Sun that Vick faced being ‘banned’ from future BBC appearances over the comments.
Strictly star Vick Hope in BBC ban?
A source told The Sun at the time: “As a TV hopeful it was a pretty stupid thing to do. Execs are less than impressed. She’s come across as a bad loser when they’ve done so much to support her. The Beeb won’t be having her back.”
However, a representative for Vick told the Chronicle Live: “Vick Hope has not been banned from the BBC or any of its shows; they have, and continue to have a great working relationship.”
ED! contacted Vick’s representatives and a spokesperson for Strictly for comment at the time.
‘Fixed’
Channel 4’s Paralympics host Vick had claimed after her exit she saw producers and judges chatting before the dance-off votes were made, which led to questions over whether the vote-off was ‘fixed’.
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Speaking on her Capital Radio show, Vick told listeners: “It was very strange – so after the dance off the judges have to give their decisions but there was a bit of a conflab with some producers and then they gave their decisions, and it was just stunned silence in the studio, it was a really weird atmosphere.”
A spokesperson for Strictly denied claims that producers told the judges how to vote on Vick’s dance-off with fellow contestant Seann Walsh, calling it “categorically untrue”.
Vicky also said that head judge Shirley Ballas appeared to have “relished” in criticising her performances on the dance floor.
‘I’ve gotta be careful what I say’
When asked by her then Capital FM co-star Roman Kemp if she believed Shirley didn’t like her, Vick added: “I think I’ve gotta be careful what I say here, because you never know what someone’s thinking.
“And it was from week one that people were suggesting there was something there, I don’t know. It’s been consistent and Saturday night I really felt it was just weird, wasn’t it?
“I’d never really been spoken to like that. She really relished in it.”
But Vick’s pro partner Graziano has come out to say he didn’t agree with Vick’s comments and called Shirley an “amazing teacher”.
Six years on, Graziano has now been axed from the show.
Vick’s career, meanwhile, is going from strength to strength.
She’s currently hosting the Paralympics on Channel 4. It runs all week till September 8.
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