Dan Walker brought a smile to Shirley Ballas’ face when he attempted the Paso Doble during a break from climbing Kilimanjaro. The BBC Breakfast presenter also made the Strictly Come Dancing head judge laugh when he performed for her beside some trees. Shirley, 58, was in the middle of an interview for Comic Relief when the cheeky 41-year-old journalist interrupted. Calling out to her, he held open a large red cloth and asked: “Are these the bed blankets?
“Shirley where else do you get a gingham bed blanket, hey? Look what I’ve managed to find for you here.”
Throwing the cover over his shoulders, he exclaimed: “This could be a cape, could do a bit of Paso Doble with this.”
He then burst into dance, flaring his arms about wildly as he tried to impress the professional dancer.
His moves delighted Shirley, who laughed throughout the entire performance, before saying: “That’s funny!”
The two joined forces to raise money for Comic Relief by scaling the highest mountain in Africa with a host of famous faces.
Little Mix’s Jade Thirwall, 26, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 27, also took part in the challenge, as did former Labour MP Ed Balls, 52,
