The professional dancer was a judge from 2004 until 2008
is well underway on BBC One, and we are loving seeing the brand new celebrity contestants take the floor with some show-stopping routines. We've also enjoyed seeing our favourite judges -WATCH: Did you catch Layton and Nikita's leaderboard-topping Cha Cha Cha?Arlene, 80, joined when the BBC ballroom competition first aired in 2004 bringing impressive credentials to the table.
She also revealed that her manager Michael Summerton had passed away shortly before the news was announced, so she had ""I no longer had a place on Strictly, but no agent, no one, to deal with it. It was a really awful moment. I loved Strictly," she said. "I have no answers as to why and I wasn't really strong enough to find the answers. You know, I didn’t have it inside me.and eat scones with cream and jam, then I made myself wake up and get on with it.
"I reflect and think, wow, I really didn’t ask the questions I needed to ask. I was very fragile because I had a bereavement the day before ."The dancer continued: "I wanted to know in detail and I wanted to know the real reason at the point when they decided for me to go, yet they kept me hanging on for so long with the possibility that there would be five judges.
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