Strictly’s Shirley Ballas admits to PUNCHING mistress after she told her ‘I f****d your husband’ 

‘I punched her and she rolled away’: Strictly’s Shirley Ballas admits to HITTING love rival in the face after she told her ‘I f****d your husband’

Shirley Ballas has divulged that she once punched a woman in the face after she drunkenly boasted: ‘I f****d your husband’.

The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 60, got into an altercation with the mistress of her ex-husband, Corky Ballas, after she suspected him of cheating. 

The showdown took place at the British National Dance Champions as she wrote in her auto-biography, Behind The Sequins: ‘The woman in question sidled up to me, clearly the worse for a drink or two, and said, “You and I need to talk.”

Shocking revelation: Shirley Ballas divulged on Tuesday that she once punched a woman in the face after she drunkenly boasted: ‘I f****d your husband’

According to Shirley, she tried to shut down the confrontation and declared she had nothing to say, but the woman continued to challenge her.   

Shirley added: ‘Suddenly, it seemed as if everything went into slow motion as I turned round to face her, just as she said, “You need to get used to the fact that I f****d your husband.”     

‘There was a little white angel on one of my shoulders, and a little red angel on the other one. The white angel told me, “keep walking,” while the red angel said, “sock her in the gob.” So thats what I did.

Catfight: The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 60, got into an altercation with the mistress of her ex-husband, Corky Ballas (pictured), after she suspected him of cheating

Catfight: The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 60, got into an altercation with the mistress of her ex-husband, Corky Ballas (pictured), after she suspected him of cheating

‘I punched her and she rolled away. I’m not proud.’

According to the Strictly star, she could hear people around her whispering at the shocking event so she decided not to return to her front-row seat. 

Shirley revealed that she began suspecting her husband of fooling around when he started arriving home late. He responded by claiming he was ‘fixing the lightbulbs’ of a young dancer.

Family affair: The couple tied the knot in 1985 and separated in 2007 after 22 years of marriage and they share a son, Mark Ballas, 34, who is also a professional dancer

Family affair: The couple tied the knot in 1985 and separated in 2007 after 22 years of marriage and they share a son, Mark Ballas, 34, who is also a professional dancer

The former couple tied the knot in 1985 and separated in 2007 after 22 years of marriage. They share a son, Mark Ballas, 34, who is also a professional dancer. 

Shirley and Corky had a tumultuous relationship, and following their divorce, she revealed that he used to ‘fat-shame’ her while she was pregnant.  

She is now dating actor Daniel Taylor, 48, after meeting at a pantomime.

The couple moved in together during the coronavirus pandemic, which she described as a ‘learning curve’.

New man: Shirley is now dating actor Daniel Taylor, 48, after meeting at the pantomime, and the couple moved in together during the coronavirus pandemic

New man: Shirley is now dating actor Daniel Taylor, 48, after meeting at the pantomime, and the couple moved in together during the coronavirus pandemic