Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas says she’s scared to depart her own residence after receiving dying threats and ‘footage of coffins’ from on-line trolls

Shirley Ballas says vile dying threats have left her scared to depart her own residence – little greater than a fortnight after her return to Strictly Come Dancing. 

The skilled dancer has resumed her judging function on the long-running BBC present after it returned with its twenty first collection on September 23. 

However sinister social media messages geared toward Ballas, 63 – a lot of them threatening or sexual in nature – has prompted concern for her security and left her fearing that persons are “lurking in darkish corners or hiding behind partitions”.

Showing on new present Olivia Attwood vs The Trolls, she stated: ‘I’ve had individuals draw coffins with me in it with someone with a spade that stated, “Die you b**ch”. 

‘It’s when it’s private about myself and my household and it impacts my psychological well being. I’m not simply speaking about your cellphone.’ 

Concern: Shirley Ballas says vile dying threats have left her scared to depart her own residence – little greater than a fortnight after her return to Strictly Come Dancing 

She added: ‘I’m speaking about being in public. You are worried about those self same unusual folks that write these sorts of messages.

‘Are they lurking in darkish corners? Are they hiding behind partitions if you go someplace?’ 

Ballas admits she is all the time on excessive alert on account of the messages – but in addition harbours a level of sympathy for these accountable. 

‘Generally at evening, I lie there and surprise, Are they struggling? Are they lonely? Is it humorous to them?’ she stated. 

‘This entire expertise has made me far more vigilant. I can not say that I depart my entrance door except I’m on level. I by no means chill out. It has modified my life utterly I might say.’ 

In August, Ballas recalled how she was pressured to hunt counselling after receiving a torrent of vile abuse over the past collection of Strictly Come Dancing.

Although she has returned to the 2023 collection, she beforehand instructed how she even toyed with the concept of not coming again.