BBC Strictly Come Dancing stars in furious row over Ukraine

Stars of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing have found themselves embroiled in a furious social media spat over the current events in Ukraine.

One of the show's most vocal stars - ex professional James Jordan - sparked the row with a tweet about some of the Russian dancers who work on Strictly.

The 43-year-old, who appeared on the BBC show from 2006 until 2013, said that he was "very disappointed" that he hadn't seen many Russian dancers he'd worked with over the years speaking out against the invasion.

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He also appeared to refer to his former co-star Kristina Rihanoff, who was also a dancer on the show, over her remarks regarding the situation in the Ukraine.

James tweeted: "I don’t see many of the Russian dancers I know and have even shared the Strictly dance floor with them openly speaking out about the war against Ukraine But are still promoting themselves on social media - very disappointed. They know who they are - not 1 post about it."

One of the dancer's followers expressed their dismay, writing: "Oh wow……. I didn’t even want to think that of them ……how could anyone agree with what that evil monster is doing to innocent people."

The pro fumed back: "I’m so disgusted with them - they stand up for s*** that doesn’t matter and make a song and dance about it I’ve worked will some of them for years and knew who they were."

But another suggested that James wasn't being fair as their social media accounts could be watched, says the Mirror.

Yet James retorted: "If that's what you think."

He went on to retweet a number of replies, with one reading: "I don’t think it’s a unfair statement seeing as they have a platform! There is people in