Anton Du Beke

The BBC is resisting calls to sack a star of hit television show "Strictly Come Dancing" for using racist language, after he used the term "Paki" in an off-air comment. Anton Du Beke has faced growing pressure to quit despite apologising "unreservedly" to dance partner Laila Rouass, a contestant on the British show whose format has also been a hit around the world. On Tuesday, Rouass, who has Indian ancestry, defended him after growing calls for his dismissal from the Saturday night show. "Anton has apologised and I've accepted it. This happened a couple of weeks ago now and we are just having a ... Read Full Story

The BBC is resisting calls to sack a star of hit television show "Strictly Come Dancing" for using racist language, after he used the term "Paki" in an off-air comment. Anton Du Beke has faced growing pressure to quit despite apologising "unreservedly" to dance partner Laila Rouass, a contestant on the British show whose format has also been a hit around the world. On Tuesday, Rouass, who has Indian ancestry, defended him after growing calls for his dismissal from the Saturday night show. "Anton has apologised and I've accepted it. This happened a couple of weeks ago now and we are just having a ... Read Full Story

Source: Daily Mail Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke has had another spiteful bust-up with his dance partner Laila Rouass. The professional dancer became embroiled in two clashes on Saturday with the actress as they prepared to perform their jive on the BBC1 show. The first came behind the scenes as the pair missed their dress rehearsal. They had been struggling with their moves and a Beeb executive had to be called to defuse the situation. A source said: She got so upset she ended up in tears in his office.’ And an on-air put-down by Anton - who was angered by their ... Read Full Story

Doddery he most certainly is, Bruce Forsythe’s comments in the ‘Anton Du Burk’ row has reignited betting on the veteran TV star’s likely successor. Eurovision host Graham Norton is the 13/8 favourite but Anton Du Beke’s outrageous indiscretion has seemingly done for his chances of landing the job he so coveted with Paddy Power now offering 33/1. The disgraced dancer had been as short as 5/1 as punters speculated whether Brucie’s long career is on its last legs. Others in the running to replace Brucie include Paul O’Grady at 3/1 whilst Vernon Kay is 4/1 to link up on screen with his wife Tess ... Read Full Story

Commenting on Strictly Come Dancing’s Anton Du Beke’s remarks to Laila Rouass where he said, ’she looks like a Paki,’ Bruce Forsyth says ‘we all need to get a sense of humour.’ He added, ‘if you go back 25, 30, 40 years…there was always a bit of humour about the whole thing. OK, Brucie, let’s look at what happened regarding racist attitudes 25, 30, 40 years ago. Racist thugs met up in pubs at weekends and shortly after last orders was called, they then went out for their entertainment of the evening - to go ‘Paki Bashing’. This, Brucie, is why Asians find the ... Read Full Story