Will Mellor struggles taking harsh feedback from the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judges.

Will Mellor struggles taking harsh feedback from the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judges

Will Mellor struggles taking harsh feedback from the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judges

The 46-year-old actor said the panellists’ latest round of feedback felt like a “kick in the teeth” after Craig Revel Horwood picked apart his routine on Saturday night’s show (15.10.22) for lacking enough leg and hip moves.

Telling Mail Online on Wednesday (19.10.22) he was “disappointed” by the judges’ comments after he danced the rumba with professional partner Nancy Xu, 31, to Ed Sheeran track, ‘The Joker and the Queen’, he said: “I find being criticised by the judges hard. I find being criticised hard as a person.

“Some people can let it go over them, but I find it hard to hide my emotions. You know how I’m feeling, and I can’t help that.

“I was disappointed by the judges’ comments because I really tried my best but we are there to be judged so I have to take the rough with the smooth.

“I got some good comments in week one and two and then I found myself second to the bottom of the leader board and it wasn’t easy to take, especially because I wasn’t feeling well and I was feeling sorry for myself.

“When you get it right it is the best feeling in the world because all your emotion comes out, your nerves, it's a sense of achievement when you finish and do it well.

“Also, if you do it and put all that effort in and get negative comments it can be a bit of a kick in the teeth but that's part of it and I have got to get used to it.”

Will added he was too “frightened” in the past to sign up to the BBC’s Strictly as he was “wary” of the impact being on the show would have on the two children, Jayden, 18, and Renée, 14, he shares with his dancer wife Michelle.

But he says the loss of his father to cancer in 2020 has made him want to seize life.

The ‘Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps’ actor added: “Since my dad passed away, my mindset changed and I thought life – you’ve got to grab it and I don’t want to waste time doing things I'm not passionate about.

“When Strictly came along that’s why I said yes because I was a bit frightened about it but that's when you test yourself and you’ve got to grab life and that’s what I want to do from now on.”

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