Toyah Willcox has defiantly said she will “prove the skeptics wrong” after beating Olympian Tom Dean in a tense dance on Strictly Come Dancing.
Responding to younger viewers who “think she’s incredibly old,” the singer, 66, admitted she “doesn’t act like that” and is “strong.”
Last weekend, Tom became the first contestant to be booted from the show after the judges saved her, Toyah and her professional partner Neil Jones.
talking to the sunHe explained: ‘Everyone was completely shocked. Tom is an Olympic athlete, but when it comes to dance, I’m going to do my best against anyone.
“They look at a tiny 66-year-old man who is the same age as their mother or grandmother. I completely understand that to young people I am incredibly old, but I don’t behave like that.”
Toyah Willcox has defiantly said she will “prove the skeptics wrong” after beating Olympian Tom Dean in a tense dance on Strictly Come Dancing (pictured with professional partner Neil Jones last weekend).
Last weekend, Tom became the first contestant to be kicked off the show after the judges saved her, Toyah and her professional partner Neil Jones.
Toyah added: “I also like that some younger people don’t know who I am, because they might not know how strong I am.”
Elsewhere, she told The Mail on Sunday that her intense Strictly training regime caused her breasts to shrink – and her husband Robert Fripp, 78, couldn’t be more upset about it.
Toyah also revealed she has lost half a kilo as she struggles to eat enough to offset the calories she burns.
She told The Mail on Sunday: “I just can’t eat enough to keep the weight off.”
‘Robert is very upset because my upper half has disappeared. It has completely disappeared. I’m flat chested but I feel great.’
Toyah has been married to musician Fripp since 1986 and is the oldest contestant taking part in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing competition and last week danced a jive to Ike and Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits.
She said he joined in on the Strictly fun with her and Neil, who visited her house.
But he admitted his busy schedule meant he is struggling to find time to put food on the table, so now he has to prepare it himself.
Responding to younger viewers who “think she’s incredibly old,” the singer, 66, admitted she “doesn’t act like that” and is “strong.”
She said: “They look at a tiny 66-year-old man who is the same age as their mother or grandmother. I understand that to young people I am incredibly old, but I don’t behave like that.” photographed in 1980)
She said: “He loves being part of it, he’s fallen in love with the show.” “He cooks for himself, which is a huge accomplishment in 38 years of marriage.”
There are only six female contestants on this year’s Strictly compared to nine men due to the scandal that has engulfed the show following allegations from Amanda Abbington that Giovanni Pernice bullied her in training, as well as Graziano Di Prima kicking his partner Zara McDermott.
Toyah admits that the allegations made her think more deeply about what her experience on the show would be like.
When asked if recent allegations of “serious misconduct” surrounding the show had made her think twice about signing up, the It’s A Mystery singer said: “It made me take what has happened very seriously.”
Elsewhere, she told The Mail on Sunday that her intense Strictly training regime caused her breasts to shrink – and her husband Robert Fripp, 78, couldn’t be more upset about it (pictured in 2018).
He added: ‘Robert is very upset about the disappearance of my upper half. It has completely disappeared. I’m flat chested but I feel great’ (pictured in 2011)
‘What has happened in the last year is because this show is one hundred percent committed to dance.’
‘And you have to go beyond your personal comfort zone. And that has always been very, very obvious.”
“And I know what’s been going on this year, I’ve been thinking, well, can I push myself beyond my own limitations?”
And he concluded: ‘And for me, it’s now or never. It’s that simple. “That’s what made me commit to the program.”