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Strictly Come Dancing’s Shirley Ballas planning to ditch the sparkles to be a pig farmer in future: ‘I would never say no to living on a farm’-Kim Novak-Entertainment – Metro
She might swap the dance shoes for wellies.
Shirley Ballas wouldn’t say no to mucking out some pigs in future (Picture: REX / Getty)
Shirley Ballas has revealed her future life could look a lot less glamorous than Strictly Come Dancing as she wouldn’t mind living on a farm.
The former professional dancer and head judge, 62, is more often seen dolled up in a ballgown and sparkles than donning a cagoule and wellies, but she revealed she loves the country life deep down.
She told The Sun: ‘One day I’d like to get the welly boots on and go on to a farm and clean up the animals – no makeup, welly boots and a big over-Mac.
‘People see me on Strictly all glammed up but really deep down inside I love all the activities that people would never expect I would love.’
Shirley added: ‘My daughter-in-law, she would like nothing more than a big farm and lots of animals. She’s very much about nature, very much about the world and saving it.
‘She’s just a fantastic human being and I would never say no to living on a farm.’
We’re more used to seeing her dressed up to the nines on the dancefloor than stomping through mud in a cagoule and wellies (Picture: BBC/Guy Levy)
Shirley has been head judge on Strictly since 2017 after stepping into the role when former head judge Len Goodman announced he would be leaving the show.
He had been doing both Strictly in the UK and Dancing With The Stars in the US, the latter of which he continued with until announcing he was retiring at the end of the current series in order to spend more time with his grandchildren and family in England.
That will no doubt be something Shirley can relate to after she was forced to spend three years apart from her son Mark, 36, who she shares with ex-husband Corky Ballas.
She was not able to see Mark, who lives in the US, due to travel restrictions caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Shirley said recently: ‘My proudest achievement this year was that I got to fly to the United States and hold my son in my arms after three years of not seeing him. That is the proudest moment that I have had this year.’
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