12 h. ago 'I am ambitious and confidence comes across as being stuck up': Amber Davies says trolling is 'getting worse' as she reflects on the 'nasty comments' she received on Strictly

The Welsh star, 29, joined the BBC show as a last-minute replacement for injured Dani Dyer, and throughout the show she suffered a fair share of backlash due to her theatrical background.

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20 h. ago Amber Davies says ‘nasty’ Strictly comments came from older viewers

‘They weren’t actually coming from the younger audience,’ West End star said after enduring weeks of criticism

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25 h. ago ‘I’ve had to fight tooth and nail’: Amber Davies on Strictly trolls, Love Island hunks – and her Legally Blonde no

She started out performing in her living room, charging £1.50 a ticket. Now, having blazed through Love Island and silenced her Strictly haters, the Welsh sensation is really hitting the big timeAt the end of last year’s Strictly Come Dancing semi-final, pro dancer Nikita Kuzmin made a tearful appeal to camera, “I speak to the audience at home: guys, just please, please be kind!” His celebrity partner, Love Island winner, Dancing on Ice contestant and musical theatre actor Amber Davies, had been getting a lot of flak online. “You have had so much hate, every single day,” said Kuzmin.Isn’t it crazy that we have to remind people to be nice to other humans who are just doing their job, I say to Davies, when we meet in a London hotel bar. “I genuinely think it’s getting worse,” says Davies, who has been in the public eye since 2017. “With TikTok, when people jump on a bandwagon, they go for it,” she adds. “But I feel like the nasty comments I was getting [on Strictly] weren’t actually c...

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1 week ago Voices: ‘Brexit benefits exist for everybody but us’: Readers on UK’s struggle as new poll says things are worse than ever

Our community has been reflecting on a recent survey showing that Brexit has left Britain worse off than ever, from the economy and borders to its global influence

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2 w. ago Wayne Lineker reflects on ‘worst year of his life’ after pneumonia hospital stay

Wayne Lineker described 2025 as the "worst year of his life" as he shared a message to anyone considering treatment in rehab.

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4 w. ago Thomas Skinner's row with BBC in tatters as Strictly Come Dancing voting numbers emerge

Thomas Skinner's claims of vote rigging on Strictly Come Dancing appear undermined after independent poll showed he received just 1.4 per cent of votes

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4 w. ago Strictly’s Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman receive special royal farewell message

Departing Strictly Come Dancing hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman received a special farewell message from a member of the Royal Family.

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