Strictly Come Dancing 2017: Susan Calman CONDEMNS online trolls after 'dancing pig' remark
SUSAN CALMAN has hit out at online trolls after she received insults over the latest Strictly Come Dancing press pictures.
Strictly's Susan Calman feels "LET DOWN" by Kevin Clifton
The comedian revealed that she is taking part on the BBC dancing show to set an example to her young niece as she condemned those who spread hate online.
The 42-year-old shared a snap of herself in a glittery gown alongside her professional partner Kevin Clifton as one person commented: "They let pigs dance?"
While fans rushed to support Susan, she herself took to Twitter to lash out at those who had ridiculed the shot.
"I don't often interact with trolls but occasionally I do," she wrote. "For years I thought I was fat and ugly. I'm not. And I won't let anyone say I am.
"I have a five-year-old niece. I want her to know that no one (man or woman) should make her feel bad about how she looks. Strictly is for her."
Susan went on to post a picture of the female-led Ghostbusters film alongside the caption: "Anyway, I'm off to rehearse with a handsome man, preparing a beautiful dance for the biggest show on television. Suck on that haters."
It comes after the star revealed that she did not appreciate being asked about the prospect of becoming the first same-sex partnership on Strictly Come Dancing.
Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, she explained: "I wanted to dance with a man, it was my decision to dance with a man.
"I think politically there’s nothing more powerful than having an openly gay women, whose wife is sitting in the front row, doing what she wants to do.
“For the gay community to criticise me and do what they want to do is, I think, as difficult as suggesting what the straight community want me to do.
“No one is holding me hostage in this room, making me wear a dress and dance with a man. I want to learn how to dance."
Strictly Come Dancing returns Saturday at 6.25pm on BBC One.