The much loved judge, often dubbed as Mr. Nasty, was also set upon by a fan of the show at a petrol station for being too hard on sports presenter Des ...
"Some guy got out of a white van and shouted across the forecourt at me, ‘Hey you, leave Dessie Cahill alone’ and he marched straight at me. It turned out that they played football together and he gave Dessie as much stick on the football field as I did on the dancefloor. "In the moment and when I gave those scores I thought those scores were right. "When I sit back in the light of day they are the only routines I think ‘Oh really’. That is maybe when I step back from my critical judge role and become a man on the street. "It is always about the dancing, and while it can be difficult sometimes it is a challenge somebody has to take on and I am quite happy to do it." "Firstly, I don’t know him and secondly I quite like the bit about him that I do know.
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When I came up to Brian after the show, that was more tongue in cheek, having the craic. Right now the two of us are concentrating on the show.” “I think a lot of the support I’m getting is from people who are impressed by how hard I have been working, and see the whole thing as a journey because I was a pretty crap dancer at the start.” “I didn’t take any of it personally and now they are starting to see an improvement in me because my style of dancing was very awkward at the start. And Matthew told us: “I think me and Laura are off the same mindset, focussed on our careers and what we want to do. Pro Laura set tongues wagging at the start of the DWTS run when she dubbed her relationship status “complicated” before later clarifying she was “single” as her focus is on the RTE show.