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Former Strictly star James Jordan has been slammed by fans after he made a “sexist” comment about his wife Ola.
The 46-year-old professional dancer and Ola, 41, have been together since 2003.
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Taking to social media on Saturday, James complained about his wife’s skills around the house.
He wrote: “Hi guys anyone know a decent ironing lady in West Mulling area – because my wife is mad about it.”
While many saw the humor in the post, some took to the comments section to tell him to “do it himself.”
One X user wrote: “You can’t do that??”
Another added: “With the other posters here, go James, the iron is in the cupboard.”
A third wrote: “You have a pair of hands, right? Lazy misogynist article.”
A fourth echoed: “Iron your rags, you sexist pig!”
Following the backlash, James wrote: “Well, the last tweet went so much better than I thought it would.
“Just to clarify I do ironing myself but I hate it – and Ola hates ironing too.
“We had an amazing lady who has now retired, so needs someone else. We are in the West Malling area. Fans.”
In another post that followed he added: “Finally – we’re looking for an iron “lady” not a “man” because even though men are better we want to give the lady the opportunity because we’re all about equality. Thanks again for all your answers.”
James and Ola both competed on Strictly Come Dancing as dancing professionals in 2006.
He left in 2014 with Ola retiring the following year in 2015.
Earlier this year James came under fire from angry fans after he shared a photo of Ola after giving birth.
He wrote that she is now “half the woman she used to be” after her incredible three-and-a-half stone weight loss.
While the dancer praised his wife for her body transformation, some fans claimed it put pressure on new mums to “get back in shape”.
Last year, the couple released a diet and exercise program called Dance Shred.
Ola is now back to her perfect weight of 8st 3lb and a size 8, while James has shrunk to 11st 6lb.
They did this by cleaning up their diet and falling in love with dancing.
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James told us: “We’ve spent our whole lives at our best dancing, so we were like: ‘Let’s start dancing again.’
“It was about going back to what we know.”
