December 9th, 2010 by Lisa McGarry.
Ricky Whittle has slammed ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ as “manipulative”.
The former ‘Hollyoaks’ star – who competed on the BBC One celebrity talent show last year – claims bosses cleverly edited the show to make it look like he was having an affair with dance partner Natalie Lowe.
He also believes the show’s production team secretly fed news stories to the press to keep fans interested in the series.
Ricky explained: “We were there to be ‘the affair’ and leave pretty quickly, but our routines were too good. They never expected me to reach the final. You get there and they tell you not to worry about a thing, not to worry about reports in the press, but then they manipulate it all themselves.
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December 30th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Strictly Come Dancing runner up Ricky Whittle has admitted that he would like to star in a remake of Dirty Dancing.
“Why couldn’t I do Dirty Dancing?” he told The Mirror. “Patrick Swayze has sadly passed and Antonio Banderas and John Travolta are getting on a bit – I always wanted an action film role, now I can dance!”
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December 21st, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Hollyoaks actor Ricky Whittle has admitted that he would love to see this year’s Strictly Come Dancing voting results.
The star, who came second on last weekend’s final of the show, called for BBC show to release the figures in a similar fashion to The X Factor.
“They never tell us and I don’t think they ever will, which is a bit of a shame,” The Guardian quotes him as saying.
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December 21st, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Hollyoaks actor Ricky Whittle is reportedly devastated, after finding out that BBC bosses did not want him on the Strictly Come Dancing tour.
Ricky made it to the show’s final last weekend, losing out at the final hurdle to TV presenter Chris Hollins.
Inferior dancers like Natalie Cassidy, Ricky Groves and Chris Hollins have already been signed for the tour but poor old Ricky has been left out in the cold.
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December 19th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Strictly Come Dancing runner up, Ricky Whittle, has revealed that he has been suffering from a secret hernia since he started on the dance show, but didn’t tell BBC bosses in case they made him withdraw.
Ricky told The News Of The World:
“I had to keep it a secret. If they had known the BBC could have pulled me out on medical grounds. And I didn’t want the viewers to find out because I’d hate to think I was getting sympathy votes.”
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December 19th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Arlene Phillips has revealed that she thinks tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing final will be the best we’ve ever seen.
The former judge on the BBC’s dance show said it was ‘anybody’s guess’ whether Chris Hollins or Ricky Whittle would walk away with the glitter ball trophy.
“It couldn’t be a greater final,” she told The Mirror. “You have got two really, really strong dancers – one is technically brilliant, but emotionally, does he deliver? And the other one is delivering every ounce of his little heart.
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December 19th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
In a bid to win more viewers votes, professional dancers Ola Jordan and Natalie Lowe are planning to bare a lot of flesh on tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing final.
Ola, partnered with Chris Hollins is famed for her sexy catsuit and Natalie, dancing with Ricky Whittle, almost had a Janet Jackson moment earlier in the series before Ricky covered her up and saved her dignity.
Ricky told The Sun:
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December 7th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Strictly Come Dancing competitor Ricky Whittle finished in the bottom two for the second week running on Saturday night and insiders believe that the public are punishing him for his recent arrest.
Ricky was arrested after he allegedly hit a photographer with his car last week. The Hollyoaks actor had been tipped for the final from week one of the dance show, but since the incident has found himself in the bottom two twice.
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November 28th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Ricky Whittle has admitted that despite spending most of yesterday in a police station, he will be completely focused on tonight’s Strictly Come Dancing performance. Ricky was arrested yesterday morning after allegedly running his car into a member of the paparazzi.
The Hollyoaks star wrote on his Twitter page:
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November 27th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry.
Sources have suggested that Strictly Come Dancing competitor Ricky Whittle, has been arrested on suspicion of assault.
It is believed Whittle’s Dodge Ram pick-up truck may have collided with a photographer named Steve Farrel, 34, outside Liverpool’s Parr Street studios on the early hours of Friday morning, as he attempted to drive home from Zoe Lister’s leaving party
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