A Pride of Britain Award winner has told Diversity dancer Ashley Banjo that he “can’t dance”.
Jill Allen-King, who won the award for Lifetime Achievement Award left the 34-year-old flustered when she suggested that she was “horrified to learn” that he couldn’t dance.
“Jill, I found out recently that we’re neighbours,” he said after talking to her about her achievements, “talking of sunny Southend in Essex your house is just down the road from my dance studio.”
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“Yes, it is,” she replied brightly, “and I was horrified last night,” earning a laugh from the audience.
When he asked her why she was horrified, the award winner said, “You can’t dance.”
The Dancing on Ice judge put his hand to his face in embarrassment and said, “I can’t dance, no, right.”
He clarified that Jill meant saying, “What Jill means is that I can’t do ballroom Latin to save my life.
He then asked her to show him how to do dance and she decided she wanted to show him how to Cha Cha Cha.
He told her to go “easy on me” and asked her to be gentle.
She responded with a gleefully cheeky, “No, why should I?” which earned a laugh from the audience.
“I can only apologise, Jill for that, but how would you rate me? What do you score me out of 10?” the Britain’s Got Talent winner asked her.
“Well, I couldn’t see what you were doing,” she said, which again earned an enormous laugh from Pride of Britain attendees.
She was then presented her award by TV host Paul O’Grady who said hello and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
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“Do you want to learn to dance as well?” she asked making everyone laugh.
He congratulated her and handed her the award, suggesting she use it as a door stop.
Jill was the person to suggest a textured surface by road crossings so that visually impaired people knew where it was safe to cross the road.
This idea earned her an MBE.
She also fought for guide dogs to have better equality and access to buildings to help their partially sighted or blind owners around public places.
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