CJ from Eggheads says he was refused Strictly same sex couple as it's a 'family show'
 

the bbc are trash

Well that takes the thread in a slightly different direction

oh

I think it's right to stick with traditional partnerships imo.

I honestly doubt he was ever approached.

I think he has hit a crisis point in his life.:shrug:
He doesn't look well to me.

The reason I posted it here was to suggest this is the reason he was rejected from Strictly, and nothing to do with same sex dance partners

Probably refused because he's a bellend tbh.

Wasn't Marcus Collins gonna have a same sex partner last series? But something happened that stopped him from appearing altogether I think.

It sounds like he was basically begging to have himself included in the first place with it saying 'his manager had approached the show's producers and they were considering him', he was probably never that close to getting on there anyway

Btw he's got a book out, convenient timing

I don't understand how being gay stops you from enjoying dancing with a person of the opposite sex.
It's just dancing.
It's the contrast of a man & woman dancing together. Nothing sexual.
To expect the entire format to change just for him is just wrong.

like that tit ever got approached

unless he was in a bush

Absolutely this, to imply the beeb is being discriminatory he would have to show they had rejected him purely on the basis of his sexuality, which is clearly not the case.

The show is about dancing, not sex and to suggest otherwise would put a very different slant on the public perception of the show. If this is a family show then the content should not be inferred as literally sexual, which by extension precludes any implication that a participants sexuality should be reflected in the gender of their partner.

Just a thought, if if this man chooses to stand by the ridiculous assertion that his dancing performances are so intimately linked to sex and sexuality, would he not have been cheating on his real life sexual partner by taking part?:hehe:

It's not about relationships though so I don't really see why they want "same sex" partners. It's like having equal male and females on BB for example. Dancing always has one man and one woman partner. The fact they don't allow "same sex" couples isn't because it's homophobic.

..I haven't read the article so could be completely off but maybe...it's a 'family' time when the show is aired so a bit like a 'Disney prince and princess' type thing for young children who may be watching... and that lady in the pretty dress and that handsome guy dancing beautifully...and how that connects for them..the male/female thing being what they would see as an 'ideal'...?...so carrying on and on with a perceived 'normal'/type thing..?...and so carrying on potential prejudice etc...I mean without reading it, I would say that I could understand why he may want to have a male partner because a male partner is his ideal and perfectly normal to be so.../but I haven't read the article yet...

..oh just read the title..:laugh:..so yeah, a family show and families are not all male/female parents so...

Why?

I think he is being rather petty really.

I don't think the bbc makes decisions like this

???
bit homophobic

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It's no different

This :laugh:

That's because of heteronormativism. You have to challenge the narrative and become more inclusive to LGBT+ people

It's not heteronormatism. Dancing isn't about sexuality.