{"id":69562,"date":"2023-11-28T18:11:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=69562"},"modified":"2023-11-28T18:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:11:59","slug":"strictly-come-dancings-layton-williams-hits-back-at-criticism-of-routine-as-hes-dumped-into-the-bottom-two-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/tv-movies\/strictly-come-dancings-layton-williams-hits-back-at-criticism-of-routine-as-hes-dumped-into-the-bottom-two-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing\u2019s Layton Williams hits back at criticism of routine as he&#x27;s dumped into the bottom two | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAYTON Williams has hit back at his critics who slammed his pole dancing routine on the show.<\/p>\n<p>The Strictly star \u201cpushed the boundaries\u201d during Blackpool week, but ended up in the bottom two the following week.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eroteme-ltd-claim-copyright-image-860574607.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/use-21-days-issue-use-860570009-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Responding to comments made by former Strictly professionals Brendan Cole and James Jordan, Layton, 29, said:&quot;I feel like we&#x27;ve always come out and kind of like done something potentially a little bit more out there pushing the boundaries&#8230; we&#x27;ve thrown in this and that&#8230; and there&#x27;s always an element of surprise.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Why shouldn&#x27;t we be <span>swinging<\/span> from poles and living our best lives? It went down pretty (well) if you ask me so I&#x27;m really proud and I stand by it, it&#x27;s also a couple&#x27;s choice. Get into it.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The dance to Ain&#x27;t No Other Man by Christina Aguilera with Nikita Kuzmin earned them a judges&#x27; score of 39 out of a potential 40 points and was widely praised on the night.<\/p>\n<p>Nikita said the dance had &quot;nothing more to it&quot; than <span>swinging<\/span> around a pole and dancing.<\/p>\n<h2>Read More on Layton Williams<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-fdvisuvjc-1701168931058.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-fdvisuvjc-1701168931058.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-fdvisuvjc-1701168931058.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SOAK IT IN <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Strictly&#x27;s Layton cosies up to rarely-seen boyfriend on romantic hot tub date<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-tq4jq0wsi-1701168905939.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-tq4jq0wsi-1701168905939.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-tq4jq0wsi-1701168905939.jpg\"><\/picture><span>dance drama <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Strictly&#x27;s Layton Williams breaks silence on Shirley Ballas feud <\/h3>\n<p>He added: &quot;At the end of the day, we&#x27;re just two boys dancing together and we are having fun, we&#x27;re trying to bring a show, and well, if somebody doesn&#x27;t like this, it&#x27;s absolutely fine.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend the pair found themselves in the bottom two \u2013 despite being one of the favourites throughout.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>They went up against Angela Scanlon and Carlos Gu in the dreaded dance off.<\/p>\n<p>Judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke chose to save Layton after they re-performed an American Smooth routine to It&#x27;s Oh So Quiet by Bjork.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in TV<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ac-grace-p4-v2-comp-2.jpg\"><\/picture><span>GRACE IS BROKEN <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Real reason I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2019s Grace Dent quit as pals admit fears for star<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/jb-walliamspay-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>WALLIAMS&#8217; PAY DAY <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>David Walliams WINS huge payout in &#8216;spygate&#8217; legal battle with BGT bosses<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JW_GRACE_DENT_HOMEBOUND_V2_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>I&#8217;M OUT OF HERE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Grace Dent &#8216;feeling like s**t&#8217; as she races home after quitting I&#8217;m A Celeb<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1391.png\"><\/picture><span>WALTZ OFF <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Strictly fans left baffled as &#8216;editing blunder&#8217; is exposed during results show<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But head judge Shirley Ballas opted for Angela\u2019s cha cha routine to I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor.<\/p>\n<p>In the end it was Angela who got sent home, and Layton insisted today that he is not feuding with Shirley, despite her comments. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/guy-levy-bbc-pa-wire-862027596-3.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1526.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/24883565\/strictly-layton-williams-hits-back-criticism-routine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAYTON Williams has hit back at his critics who slammed his pole dancing routine on the show. The Strictly star \u201cpushed the boundaries\u201d during Blackpool week, but ended up in the bottom two the following week. Responding to comments made by former Strictly professionals Brendan Cole and James Jordan, Layton, 29, said:&quot;I feel like we&#x27;ve always come out and kind [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Strictly Come Dancing\u2019s Layton Williams hits back at criticism of routine as he&#x27;s dumped into the bottom two | The Sun - CELEBAND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celeband.com\/tv-movies\/strictly-come-dancings-layton-williams-hits-back-at-criticism-of-routine-as-hes-dumped-into-the-bottom-two-the-sun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strictly Come Dancing\u2019s Layton Williams hits back at criticism of routine as he&#x27;s dumped into the bottom two | The Sun - CELEBAND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LAYTON Williams has hit back at his critics who slammed his pole dancing routine on the show. 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