'There have been times when I have been fearful.'
Shirley Ballas called in police after being targeted by an alleged stalker who was seen taking photos of her house and car. The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 63, told how the man - who believes he knows her - also "lunged" at her in one alarming episode.
"I meet people and they really, the majority of people are fantastic, but then once or twice you'll, they lunge.... this one particular person will lunge at me, and he really feels he knows me. He feels he knows me. But he only knows me from the TV. Or from following me on social media. And that's quite alarming."
"You're upping your level of alarms. And I always tell my mum: 'I'm here, I've arrived'. I wouldn't bother normally but it's become a thing that we do. I always like to say: 'I'm safe, I'm in the right place, I'm where I should be.' Thankfully the BBC's duty of care towards me has been one thousand percent, they have been fantastic."
"They want the very best for their students, and they give absolutely everything that they can to the show. I've known Giovanni for 10 years, I can say that, and he's been very, very good to me. Very, very good to me. I'm not a person that believes in gossip, I tend not to believe everything I read - because people have written things about me that are just not true."
"I think the whole country wishes her the very, very best, and I'm hoping that she has such a speedy recovery that Strictly Come Dancing could be a place where she could come and have a joyous day when the show restarts again. She could bring the children back, we would love to have her."
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