Strictly Come Dancing star Tasha Ghouri’s boyfriend, Andrew Le Page, issued a sweet three-word message to his girlfriend following her emotional performance on Saturday night’s show
Strictly: Tasha breaks down in tears over online trolling
Tasha Ghouri’s boyfriend, Andrew Le Page, shared a heartfelt three-word message following her emotional performance on Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night.
In the latest episode, Tasha, 26, and her professional dance partner Aljaz Skorjanec paid tribute to P!nk by performing a couple’s choice routine to the hit song What About Us during the show’s icon theme week.
Before the routine, in a pre-dance video, Tasha was visibly moved as she revealed the personal significance of her performance and song choice.
After Tasha’s powerful dance, she was thrilled to receive 39 points from the judges, leaving viewers teary-eyed over the routine, reports the Express.
Strictly’s official Instagram account posted a video of the moment with the caption: “What about Tasha and Aljaz’s INCREDIBLE Couple’s Choice! The sky really is the limit #Strictly.”
Responding in the comments, Tasha’s boyfriend, Andrew, whom she met on Love Island in 2022, expressed his admiration with a sweet three-word message: “Well done baby” accompanied by clapping emojis.
This comes after Tasha moved viewers to tears on Saturday’s show when she became visibly emotional during a VT before her poignant routine. The former Love Island contestant disclosed: “This song is about feeling not seen or unheard. I was born completely deaf in both ears, and my parents found out when I was about 12 months old.
“Being born into a hearing family was definitely difficult, they’re the ones who had to really adapt their lifestyle around me, they started learning sign language which was beautiful”, she shared, adding that they enrolled her in dance classes from an early age where she could “let go” and “just be Tasha”.
The Strictly star went on to say: “Two years ago, I went on a reality TV show, I was the first contestant with a cochlear implant and I really wanted to go on to show that even though I had a disability, I could still find love.
“When I left the show, I remember my dad sat me down and he looked at me, straight, and said Tasha there’s a lot of horrific stuff that was written about you, especially on social media. There were videos made about my voice, the way I speak, it became a trend at one point.”
Tasha then became emotional as she confessed: “It really hit me hard as I wanted to go on for representation and I felt like I failed not just myself but the whole deaf community.”
She bravely added: “I said you know what, I’m not gonna let them get me down, I’m going to use my platform and educate people.”
On Twitter, now X, fans were deeply moved by Tasha’s VT, sharing their support for the Strictly star. An emotional fan posted: “Hearing Tasha talk about her experiences of being bullied because of her disability was heartbreaking. And it really hit home too. Her dance was absolutely stunning and she is a beautiful person inside and out. I love her. #Strictly” accompanied by heart emojis.
Another user commented: “Both Tasha’s vt and her dance made me SO EMOTIONAL”, while someone else remarked: “Wow Tasha you are a credit raising awareness. What a personal, beautiful and powerful dance #strictly”. Elsewhere, another admirer expressed: “tasha she should be so unbelievably proud of herself #strictly”, alongside several crying emojis.
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Sunday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
