Strictly Come Dancing exclusive: John Sergeant on becoming an unlikely sex symbol

With a bulgy tum, thinning hair and the face of a grumpy little troll, John Sergeant has everything it takes NOT to be a sex symbol. Yet at the age of 64 that is exactly what he’s become to thousands of adoring women who watch him strut his unprepossessing stuff on the Beeb’s Strictly Come Dancing. For one, he has former Strictly contestant Esther Rantzen transfixed. She describes him as the viewers’ darling and gushes: “The one adjective on every woman’s lips after we saw John tango was ‘adorable’. Ugly men do remarkably well with ladies. Kristina is lucky to have him." Another besotted female admirer confesses: “I am, I do believe, rather in love. Isn’t he such a cute and squishy chubby-chops?” And internet message boards have been clogged with smitten viewers desperate to cuddle his rotund tum and stroke his double chins.... [read full story]                    

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