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Sergeant ‘just reads paper’ says Arlene
Updated 12:13pm on 17 Nov 2008Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips today said John Sergeant was more interested in reading the paper than practising his dance moves.
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Phillips claims the ex-BBC journalist, 64, is not taking the competition seriously enough. She told BBC Breakfast the celebrities put in “hours in the practice studio” adding: “I know I am sure with John he sits and reads The Guardian.
“A lot of time he and his dance partner spend fooling around. I hope this does not go on to the final.” She and her fellow judges, who labelled him a “dancing pig in Cuban heels”, were stunned last night when the public kept Sergeant in the BBC show and Cherie Lunghi was given the boot.
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TOUGH CHEESE Arlene and co!,....You get paid a lot of money to sit and wax lyrical about an activity that you yourself never excelled at professionally and so why have a go at John Sargeant?....Unlike you,...at least he's entertaining, intelligent and kind!
- Ali Sichilongo, London, 19/11/2008 12:26
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