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Comic out..but she has loved doing Strictly

- BY NICOLA METHVEN TV Editor nicola.methven@mirror.co.uk @mirrormeth­s

ELLIE Taylor crashed out of the last dance saloon as the ninth celebrity to be kicked off Strictly Come Dancing yesterday.

But the stand-up comic, said it had been “an absolute privilege” to be on the BBC show.

Ellie and partner Johannes Radebe’s fun jive was slated as “messy and lacklustre” by judge Craig Revel Horwood and “heavy and flat-footed” by head judge Shirley Ballas.

The check-shirted pair lost by 10 points to Fleur East who racked up 35 for her steamy rumba in the dance-off.

Ted Lasso actress, Ellie, 38, said: “I never, in a million years, expected to be in for this long and to experience it so fully.

“It’s been an absolute privilege ... and I’ve really, really loved it.”

The married mum-of-one called her dance pro Johannes, “human sunshine”.

And Johannes described her as “one gorgeous person”.

Next week Kym Marsh, who missed a week with Covid, will compete in the quarter-finals against Will Mellor, Hamza Yassin, Molly Rainford, Fleur East and Helen Skelton.

I never, in a million years, expected to be in for this long ELLIE TAYLOR ON HER TIME ON STRICTLY

 ?? ?? CHECK US OUT Johannes & Ellie enjoy the fun jive
CHECK US OUT Johannes & Ellie enjoy the fun jive
 ?? ?? BAD NEWS Pair learn they are out
BAD NEWS Pair learn they are out
 ?? ?? STEAMY Fleur and Vito Coppola dance
STEAMY Fleur and Vito Coppola dance

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