Ashley Banjo’s brother Jordan hits back at troll who accused Dancing On Ice judge of ‘racist scoring’
Jordan Banjo hit back at a troll who accused his brother Ashley Banjo of ‘racist scoring’ on Dancing On Ice on Sunday night.
The Diversity dancer, 28, took to Twitter to defend Ashley’s decision to send Rufus Hound’s stand-in Matt Richardson home from the competition.
Matt, 29, who made his skating debut on Sunday’s show, was axed when all four judges opted to save Olympian Colin Jackson.
Furious: Jordan Banjo hit back at a troll who accused his brother Ashley Banjo of ‘racist scoring’ on Dancing On Ice on Sunday night
Following the eviction, Jordan, 28, slammed a troll who had Tweeted: ‘@AshleyBanjo is a racist. Low scores for everyone white. You’re a joke’.
Jordan replied: ‘I agree mate, sometimes I notice him giving my mum dirty looks. Sort it out @AshleyBanjo’.
Throwing their support behind Jordan, one fan wrote: ‘This bather wins the internet today! Jordan’s on fire!!’, while another chimed: ‘Omg best reply I’ve seen on here all day’.
Hitting back: Jordan slammed a troll who had Tweeted: ‘@AshleyBanjo is a racist. Low scores for everyone white. You’re a joke’. He replied: ‘I agree mate, sometimes I notice him giving my mum dirty looks. Sort it out @AshleyBanjo’
Good come back: Throwing their support behind Jordan, one fan wrote: ‘This bather wins the internet today! Jordan’s on fire!!’
Support: The Diversity dancer, 28, took to Twitter to defend Ashley’s decision to send Rufus Hound’s stand-in Matt Richardson home from the competition
Matt – who was brought in to replace Rufus who had tested positive for coronavirus – found himself out of the competition with partner Vicky Ogden.
Speaking about his brief time on the show, Matt said: ‘I’m quite relieved. This is the most horrifying and terrifying and fear-inducing thing I’ve ever done.
‘I don’t know if I could have done it for another week. The whole experience has been amazing.
‘My training to skate, being a stand in – it was amazing because everyone was doing the TV thing and I didn’t have to do any of that – so I was very happy. It’s been amazing. Vicky has been fantastic.’
Farewell: Matt, 29, who made his skating debut on Sunday’s show, was axed when all four judges opted to save Olympian Colin Jackson
And asked if he would continue skating, he told Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby: ‘I can’t wait until I’ve got a mulled wine at Christmas and going around the ice rink being that guy that thinks he can skate.’
All four judges – Ashley, John Barrowman, Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill – chose to save Colin and Klabera Komini but Jayne admitted it was nice to see Matt skate twice.
Giving his verdict, Ashley told the two dancing duos: ‘First thing, Colin and Klabera, you had a great skate. I really enjoyed that. For you, Matt and Vicky, I think you handled it really well. But based on the quality of the skate and the content, I’m saving Colin and Klabera.’
Short but sweet: Matt – who was brought in to replace Rufus who had tested positive for coronavirus – found himself out of the competition with partner Vicky Ogden
Whilst John added: ‘You guys were all fighting for your position tonight. It was a valiant effort but the couple I am going to put through – I have to save Colin and Klabera.’
Chris said: ‘Matt and Vicky, first of all, congratulations for doing this and being here and being a part of this and hats off to you. Based on this performance, I’m saving Colin and Klabera.’
Dancing On Ice continues next Sunday on ITV.
Thankful: Speaking about his brief time on the show, Matt said: ‘I’m quite relieved. This is the most horrifying and terrifying and fear-inducing thing I’ve ever done’