BBC Strictly Come Dancing’s Shirley Ballas says online trolls left her at ‘all time low’ following recent series

Shirley Ballas has spoken out about how online trolls left her at an “all time low” after appearing as a judge on BBC Strictly Come Dancing. The star has said she received “fierce backlash” from angry viewers and the abuse “snowballed out of control”.

Shirley has said it was “the most negativity” she has ever experienced, and she even had to go to the doctors for help as a result. Speaking to The Mirror she said: “I felt the abuse snowballed out of control and impacted me in such a negative way. I’m a pretty stoic person, and I tend to hold everything in.