OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ star John Whaite initially didn’t want to be in a same-sex pairing over fears of being trolled.
The ‘Great British Bake off’ star is paired with dance partner Johannes Radebe on the BBC show, the first male same-sex duo in the competition, but he felt “anxious” about it at first.
In an interview with Attitude magazine, he said: “As soon as I found out, I felt a little bit anxious.
“I think as gay people, we have to choose the places we go to, we have to choose the people we speak to, who we even look at, because we have been conditioned to kind of expect hate and flak.
“So honestly, I was quite anxious about it. I knew that it was an important thing to do, that it was hopefully going to change the way TV is, change the way that children feel when they watch TV – it’s massive – but I was expecting to get a lot of hate, like (people) sliding into the DMs and saying: ‘You’re disgusting’, and that kind of thing.”
John admitted he asked to be with “a straight partner” on ‘Strictly’ because he didn’t think he would be “accepted” if he was with Johannes, but he changed his mind.
He said: “At first, I said: ‘Can you put me with a straight partner?’ because I (believed) that that would be the only way it would be accepted, and then, about a month before we were partnered up, I (thought), actually, I want it to be Johannes; it has to be Johannes … it would be wrong for it to be anyone but Johannes.”
Johannes revealed he also had similar reservations after a previous dance routine with fellow ‘Strictly’ pro Graziano di Prima was subject to complaints.
He said: “I’ve always wanted to participate in this. I’ve always supported same-sex partnerships, and I’ve added at this moment. I want to believe,
“But some of them were criticisms, fears, negatives, and complaints I received when I danced with Graziano. I don’t want them again.
“Then I remember wondering what would happen if I succeeded. I realized that some people wanted to see more than they felt.”

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