Strictly Come Dancing 2016: Ed Balls hits back at Lord Sugar over ‘drunk giraffe’ jibe
STRICTLY COME DANCING contestant Ed Balls has hit back at Lord Sugar after the businessman made a derogatory comment about his dancing skills.
Ed Balls issues dancing challenge to Lord Sugar
The Apprentice star, who is clearly an avid viewer of the hit BBC dancing show, suggested the former politician should quit the series following his performance on Saturday night.
Lord Sugar tweeted: “.@bbcstrictly Ed Balls dances with the grace of a drunk giraffe ....give it up mate”
Balls appeared on tonight’s Strictly’s spin-off show It Takes Two and addressed Sugar’s mean-spirited tweet.
The 49-year-old said: “If Lord Sugar thinks he can teach me to do it better, that’s fine.
Ed Balls hit back at Lord Sugar after he criticised his performance on Strictly Come Dancing
Lord Sugar suggested Ed Balls should give up dancing on the show
If he can do better than me then I’ll back down
Balls then went on issue a direct dancing challenge to Lord Sugar.
“Any night he wants to come on [Strictly] It Takes Two, I’ll challenge him. We can do a New York, we can do a Charleston spin…” he continued.
“Get him on. If he can do better than me then I’ll back down. Until then put your money where your mouth is.”
Also responding to Lord Sugar, It Takes Two host Zoë Ball added: “Show us the colour of your money, sir.”
Ed Balls said Lord Sugar should come on Strictly- It Takes Two and show him how good a dancer he is
Strictly- It Takes Two host Zoe Ball said Lord Sugar should show the colour of his money
Balls and his partner Katya Jones achieved their highest ever score on Saturday as they performed a Cha Cha in full Halloween get-up.
Head judge Len Goodman said it was Balls' best dance as he went on to be awarded 26 points.
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday at 6.55pm on BBC One.