Star of comedy Miranda Sarah Hadland has begged fans to stop commenting on her age while she competes on Strictly Come Dancing. The 53-year-old actress has been performing with 2023 champion Vito Coppola during this year’s series of the BBC One show. So far in this year's Strictly, the duo have frequently landed in the top quarter of the judges’ leaderboard.
Speaking to The Times, Hadland said: “I’d love for my age not to be commented on, for it to be accepted that women are amazing and don’t need to be limited when men seem to be allowed to do things without any comment. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Hadland (@hadderstime) “But if women watch and go, ‘Wow, I’m in my 50s, I could do that too,’ then that’s absolutely brilliant. “Rather than go on about it, I’d rather just show what I can do.
We need to change this narrative of women having a shelf life. “I know loads my age who are really fit and active, they don’t drop off the ends of the Earth. We just need to be more visible.
” The Strictly star went on to share what it was like to complete her first marathon in her 30s, adding: “It was a similar thing — I wondered if I could do it and a lot of people said ‘no, no’, but in the end that galvanised me.” Speaking about her relationship with exercise, she said: “When I was young I exercised because I wanted to be thin and that’s an appalling goal. “Now I exercise because I want to be strong and capable, I want my.