Strictly's Tasha Ghouri in tears over online hate

Tasha Ghouri was successful tears connected Strictly Come Dancing connected Saturday nighttime arsenic she opened up astir the antagonistic absorption she has experienced online owed to her disability.

The erstwhile Love Island star, 26, and dancer spouse Aljaz Skorjanec impressed the judges and got a associated bid precocious people of 39 arsenic they performed to What About Us by Pink.

But earlier the dance, Ghouri, who was calved deaf and uses a cochlear implant, became visibly affectional arsenic she told viewers astir online trolls who made videos astir the mode she speaks.

She revealed that aft her stint connected dating amusement Love Island successful 2022, she received an onslaught of cruel comments, leaving her feeling similar she had fto down "the full deaf community".

The model, writer and podcaster, from North Yorkshire, became Love Island's archetypal deaf contestant erstwhile she appeared connected the ITV show, yet finishing associated 4th with fellow Andrew Le Page, who she is inactive successful a narration with.

Ghouri said she joined the amusement to find love, arsenic good arsenic to rise consciousness for the deaf community, but alternatively recovered herself the unfortunate of online hate.

"When I near the show, I retrieve my dada sat maine down and helium looked astatine maine consecutive and said 'Tash, determination is simply a batch of horrific worldly that was written astir you, particularly connected societal media,' she said.

"There are videos made astir my dependable and the mode I speak, it became a inclination astatine 1 point."

Ghouri said the experienced made her deed "rock bottom".

"Because I wanted to spell connected for practice and I consciousness similar I failed, not conscionable myself but, the full deaf community," she said.

But she insisted she would not fto the trolls win.

"I'm going to usage my level and amended people," she said.

Today, Ghouri has much than 2.2 cardinal followers crossed her societal media platforms.

She has worked with Number 10 Downing Street and the Department for Education to champion issues connected behalf of radical who are deaf.

Speaking up of the commencement of this year's Strictly series, Ghouri admitted however overmuch the infinitesimal meant to her.

“I can't judge I'm going to beryllium connected Strictly Come Dancing. I’ve been watching the amusement since I was small and it's a steadfast Ghouri household favourite, truthful this is simply a full imagination travel true," she said.

Her quality comes 3 years aft Rose Ayling-Ellis became Strictly's archetypal deaf contestant, and went connected to win.

The remaining 10 celebrities and their nonrecreational creation partners took to the ballroom level connected Saturday evening arsenic portion of Strictly Come Dancing's inaugural icons week.

Taylor Swift and Beyonce were among the stars who were honoured during the show.

JLS vocalist JB Gill and stand-in nonrecreational spouse Lauren Oakley joined Ghouri and Skorjanec astatine the apical of the leaderboard, scoring the associated highest fig of points of this year's series.

Professional dancer Amy Dowden, who is partnered with Gill, was forced to miss past Sunday's results programme aft being taken to infirmary arsenic a "precaution" aft she began "feeling unwell".

Oakley stood successful for her, performing a Bruno Mars medley with Gill connected Saturday's show, which gave the brace a people of 39.

The solemnisation of icons continues connected Sunday night, erstwhile the nonrecreational dancers volition execute a Beyonce medley with Johannes Radebe channelling the singer's alter-ego, Sasha Fierce.