Strictly Come Dancing ’s Shayne Ward has been left devastated saying viewers have wrongly mistaken his nerves for bravado following his dancefloor debut at the weekend The actor and singer, 39, performed for the first time last Saturday with pro Nancy Xu dancing a Samba to Stevie Wonder’s Do I Do. While they didn’t fare too badly with the judges, scoring 21 out of a possible 40 and Shirley Ballas saying she enjoyed their “chemistry, swagger, [and] freedom”, the harsher critics were the people at home. A number of fans of the BBC dance competition took to social media to brand the X Factor star “cocky” and “overconfident”, warning he would lose votes if he didn’t “tone it down”.
Taking to Instagram Stories on Monday evening, Ward posted a deflated-looking black and white selfie as he addressed the wave of negative remarks. “Strictly is amazing and I love being part of it,” he began. “But through my smile on TV I'm as nervous as the next person.
Not cocky or overconfident...
I'm nervous. I just gotta work hard and listen to my wonderful teacher Nancy Xuxi. “All I can do is my best!” he concluded, followed by a kiss.
Ward’s supposed attitude wasn’t the only talking point, with the That’s My Goal hit-maker also being trolled about his curly hair . He originally shot to fame with a shaven head when he won ITV talent show The X Factor back in 2015, but despite that being two decades ago, some people seem to have difficulty adjusting to his ch.