Strictly Come Dancing star Thomas Skinner appeared on Good Morning Britain to handle rumours about BBC authorized disputes
Thomas Skinner has revealed he’ll be returning to the BBC after lacking the Strictly Come Dancing closing final month. Showing on Tuesday’s (January 13) Good Morning Britain, the previous Apprentice star sat down with ITV presenters Ed Balls and Susanna Reid for a frank dialog.
Final yr noticed Thomas partnered with fan-favourite skilled Amy Dowden on Strictly, who has since opened up about why he selected to not attend the finale. His participation sparked vital backlash on social media even earlier than he took to the dance ground, studies the Mirror.
The entrepreneur grew to become the primary celeb voted off the present, prompting accusations from some viewers that the general public voting system had been rigged amid the continuing controversy. However, Susanna shared an official BBC assertion in the course of the phase, which said: “Strictly Come Dancing’s public vote is independently overseen and verified to make sure full accuracy each week. Any claims on the contrary are solely with out basis.”
All through the dialogue, Thomas regarded again on his transient Strictly expertise and revealed his plans to work with the broadcaster as soon as extra. Addressing rumours about doable authorized motion in opposition to the BBC, Thomas stated: “I did have some chats with the BBC, I did.
“They stated ‘You have been despatched one thing you should not have been despatched, it’s what it’s. We expect you need to get some authorized recommendation.’ That was the chat with the BBC. I’ve received no rows with the BBC, I used to be on the Celeb Apprentice elevating cash for Youngsters in Want every week after, and I am doing bits with them subsequent yr.”
When Susanna famous his absence from the reunion finale, he opened up about why. He stated: “The rationale I did not come again, that is the sincere reality. I believed, I’ve had all this dangerous press, I have been entrance web page each time I have been on the present, I did not wish to take away from everybody else.
“I did not need my spouse to suppose, ‘Oh, there’s one other story about us now.’ It wasn’t honest. However anyway, I ended up being entrance web page anyway! So it did not actually matter.”
Regardless of lacking the Strictly closing, which noticed Karen Carney and Carlos Gu topped champions, Thomas disclosed that Amy has turn into a ‘household buddy’. He additionally instructed Susanna and Ed he is lined up a golf outing with Strictly professional Kai Widdrington within the coming weeks.
Trying again on the press scrutiny while on the BBC present, Thomas admitted: “It was silly, there have been journalists outdoors my home following my spouse again from Sainsbury’s, I noticed my spouse getting upset, and that is what damage me greater than something, my spouse and my household.
“They had been knocking on my sister’s door, they had been knocking on my pals’ door, they sat in my native pub and supplied individuals cash to promote tales on me! It was mad.”
Thomas could have departed Strictly first, however his stint on the BBC programme was something however easy. The BBC star’s journey hit turbulence from the outset when he walked out of an interview after grabbing a journalist’s cell phone.
Studies emerged suggesting he deliberate to ‘sue the BBC’ over allegations of rigged voting after his untimely departure from the present. He revealed he’d obtained an “nameless e mail” on the night of his elimination, which sparked his suspicions.
Subsequently, Tom requested entry to the official voting statistics, however alleged the e-mail ‘could not be proven to him’, and notably skipped the ultimate regardless of different contestants making their return.
“I additionally wish to be sincere. I do know what’s more likely to come subsequent. I count on individuals will name me a liar, they’re going to attempt to cancel me, say I am hated, and even declare I did not get any votes in any respect. At this level, I do not care anymore. I do know what’s proper, and I do know the conversations I’ve had,” he declared in an announcement.
“I perceive that a lot of what is occurred is my very own fault. I do know I’ve made loads of errors in my life and I maintain my arms as much as that.
“I am not excellent and I’ve by no means pretended to be. However what I am unable to settle for is my household being dragged into this. So I must take a step again. I by no means wished any of this to turn into public.”
He subsequently confessed he “regretted” collaborating within the programme however pledged to keep up his relationship with the BBC following the company’s function in launching his profession on The Apprentice years earlier.
“If I am being fully sincere, I actually remorse doing Strictly Come Dancing. I want I might by no means achieved it,” he revealed. “The one optimistic to return from it was making a brand new buddy in Amy, who’s a genuinely pretty individual. Except for that, it is introduced an enormous quantity of unfavorable consideration, and it has affected me greater than I might prefer to admit.”
The Mirror has disclosed that Skinner’s public assist wasn’t fairly what it gave the impression to be. Sources have highlighted an impartial exit ballot involving 125,000 viewers carried out concurrently by web site Strictly Spoiler as “clear proof of his unpopularity.”
The information reveals Skinner secured merely 1805 votes, marking the poorest efficiency of any participant on the BBC present.
Much like the official tallies that are subsequently merged with the judges’ marks, it positioned Skinner on the backside.
An insider maintains: “The ballot – which is bigger than an exit ballot for a common election – comprehensively exhibits that Skinner was the least fashionable contestant by a good distance. There isn’t a conspiracy. These are the chilly, onerous info.”
