Strictly Come Dancing icon Brendan Cole branded one legendary co-star as "very temperamental" and occasionally "horrible" on This Morning in May. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BBC show last month, the ballroom dancer spilled some eyebrow-raising Strictly secrets from across his 13 years in the glitzy competition. When quizzed by host Cat Deeley on his "great memories" of Bruce Forsyth , Brendan revealed: "He was incredible off the stage more so then he was on the stage.
His wit was so fast and so brilliant." However, he confessed that the "to see you nice" presenter could get hot-headed on the odd occasion. "Bruce was lovely to everybody, unless he was slightly angry and then he was horrible to everybody, he was very temperamental," Brenden explained.
But the New Zealand dancer admitted that he "loved that" about Bruce, adding: "In production they would always say 'Bruce is on set, calm yourselves down' and I loved that. He commanded that respect and he earned it over so many years. He was amazing.
" It wasn’t just the Strictly hosts that were mentioned, as Brendan said the judges could be "vile" at times. He continued: "If you take Len for example, he was the ultimate judge. He knew exactly how to pitch it.
He was either on your side and rooting for you even if you were rubbish or if you were getting too big for your boots, he would absolutely bring you down to earth. "That was the beauty of him and he always did it with a smile. Even if he was a bit aggressive o.
