Strictly judge makes devastating ‘won’t be remembered’ statement | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV [Video]

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has a hugely successful career, but has struggled to replicate that success when it comes to romances.

In a heart-breaking new interview, she revealed that she’d lacked a “fatherly figure” in her life after her dad left the family home when she was just two – and she hinted that might be the reason why her relationships with men could have failed. The 64-year-old opened up to sporting heroine Gabby Logan on an episode of her podcast The Mid Point.

She confessed: “I don’t think I’ve always been successful in relationships to be perfectly honest. I’m more the person that when I leave the earth people will remember what I helped them with.

“I don’t think I’ll be remembered for the person who had the most successful relationships.” Delving into the reasons why, she reflected: “I didn’t have that fatherly figure from when I was two. He wasn’t part of …