{"id":100779,"date":"2023-12-11T08:20:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T08:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=100779"},"modified":"2023-12-11T08:20:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T08:20:20","slug":"strictlys-shirley-ballas-torn-over-moving-back-to-america-i-dont-want-to-be-a-part-time-grandmother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/tv-movies\/strictlys-shirley-ballas-torn-over-moving-back-to-america-i-dont-want-to-be-a-part-time-grandmother\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictlys Shirley Ballas torn over moving back to America: \u2018I dont want to be a part-time Grandmother"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shirley Ballas is thinking of moving back to America – to spend more time with her new grandson Banksi Moon. <\/p>\n

TheStrictly Come Dancing<\/u>judge's only child Mark Ballas, who is married to singer-songwriter BC Jean, made Shirley a grandmother last month when his first son was born. <\/p>\n

Now UK-based Shirley, 63, isn\u2019t sure occasional visits to LA will be enough. One option would be to move back to the States, where she lived for 11 years. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be a part-time grandmother,\u201d she insists. \u201cI want to be there as much as I can be, as much as his mum and dad will allow me to be part of the baby\u2019s life. I could spend six months there and six months here \u2013 and I can afford to. I don\u2019t want to miss out on my grandbaby. That is instilled in my head.\u201d<\/p>\n


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It\u2019s definitely a possibility, but Shirley already has a full timetable in the UK. Not only is she head judge on BBC One\u2019s biggest entertainment show, Strictly Come Dancing<\/i> , she also appears in the show\u2019s long-running tour. She devotes the remaining six months of the year to dance championships. There are three major events: January\u2019s UK Dance Championships at the BIC Centre in Bournemouth; the Blackpool Dance Festival in May; and in October the industry collects at the Royal Albert Hall for the International Dance Championships. <\/p>\n

Shirley also uses this time for her literary endeavours and work for CALM \u2013 Campaign Against Living Miserably \u2013 Suicide&Co and many other charities that are deeply important to her.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019d never want to leave Strictly<\/i> ,\u201d says Shirley. \u201cI\u2019ll be on TV and on the tour for as long as they\u2019ll have me.
I love Strictly<\/i> . It\u2019s like a day at Disneyland for me. When it\u2019s \u2018lights, camera, action\u2019 I forget everything that\u2019s gone on in the week. But it\u2019s just on a weekend. I can always fly to the States on a Monday and come back on a Friday.\u201d <\/p>\n

For such a highly driven professional, Strictly<\/i> might feel like a holiday, but her schedule sounds exhausting. \u201cOn Saturdays I\u2019m up at 5.30am and on my way to yoga at 6.30am,\u201d says the star, who eventually arrives at the studio for an 11.30am start in a whirlwind of hair, make-up and rehearsals before the show goes out live on air. When she finally gets home after midnight, she\u2019s still not done. \u201cI get home about 12.30 in the morning,\u201d she says. \u201cMy mum is waiting for me with a cup of tea for a debrief. God help me if I said something she didn\u2019t agree with\u2026 that\u2019s more scary than a 15 million-strong audience!\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n