Nigel Harman speaks out on ‘disappointed’ reaction to Strictly scores after sparking concern with appearance
Nigel Harman has addressed his reaction to last weekend’s scores following his and Katya Jones’s Quickstep after a number of fans shared their concerns for the actor.
After taking on the fast-paced routine, Harman was awarded a respectable 31 from the judges but it placed him second-bottom of the Blackpool Week leaderboard, only beating Angela Rippon.
Nigel Harman was visibly disappointed with the Quickstep
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After watching the routine back, Harman said: “Did Craig just say, ‘I love you’? I didn’t pick up on that.”
Turning his attention back to the dance, he continued: “It’s so brilliant on the Blackpool floor, it’s like a gift! It’s so big and it’s bouncy, and the crowd are so present and with you but it’s so vast. I loved every second of it.
“It’s actually the best I think I’ve danced on the show… and then I made some mistakes,” he admitted.
“But putting that aside, it’s the most I’ve enjoyed it and we had such a good time which is why, when I made a mistake, afterwards it’s so disappointing.
“You’re like, ‘We’ve done all that work and it was so good!’ But if I sort of park that, the rest was just fantastic.”
Jones then weighed in during their It Takes Two interview to echo her celeb partner’s words as she said: “I know exactly what you mean because you really felt present when you start it.
“I felt you really pushed it a bit more than normal and that’s a positive thing, you know, and it happens when you take it to the next level, the excitement and everything pushes you a little bit further.
“So I took this definitely as the best he’s been on the show.”
