‘Strictly Come Dancing’ head judge Shirley Ballas would love to be a pig farmer one day.
Shirley Ballas dreams of becoming a pig farmer one day
The 62-year-old star joined the BBC Latin and ballroom competition in 2017 for the 15th series as head judge, replacing Len Goodman when he stepped down, but away from the show's glamour, Shirley would love to muck in on a farm.
Shirley is quoted by The Sun newspaper as saying: “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.
“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.
“She’s just a fantastic human being and I would never say no to living on a farm.”
Shirley - who has son Mark, 36, with ex-husband Corky Ballas – made an emotional admission about her only child, after being reunited for the first time in three years due to the coronavirus pandemic keeping them apart.
The ‘Strictly’ judge said her proudest achievement of 2022 was being able to hold her son after they reunited.
She recently said: "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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