Craig Revel-Horwood suspects he’ll "clash" with Shirley Ballas on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 52-year-old judge – who has been on the panel since the show’s inception in 2004 – can’t wait for the ballroom dancer, 56, to join the programme as Len Goodman’s replacement later this year but has admitted there’s a high chance that they’ll lock horns throughout the series.
He explained to BANG Showbiz: "I’m really looking forward to working with our new head judge Shirley Ballas, she’s going to be fantastic, I met up with her, she’s a real laugh, hopefully we’ll get on and it won’t be a frosty relationship that I had with Len Goody, Goody, Goodman.
"I suspect we’ll clash, she’s a purist just like Len was, she’s from that ballroom and latin world which is very strict, she’s going to be great, she’s feisty and she’ll be funny too. I think she’ll be out there, I think she’ll be hard on people, she knows her stuff."
But Shirley won’t be the only one who will be coming down hard on the celebrity contestants as Craig – who is known for his acid tongue – is hoping this series will be the "harshest" yet.
He said: "This series I’m going to be harsh this series, I’m going to be really critical, super critical and I’m looking forward to doing that and I know we now have Shirley in the room and of course she will be super critical as well and hopefully that will stir people on to be better dancers."
Craig Revel Horwood will ‘clash’ with Shirley Ballas
