Last week was one of the highlights for Strictly journalists as we all headed down to Elstree to quiz the celebrities ahead of their dancefloor debut. The annual press event typically involves coming back with stories about how the stars are doing the show to make their family proud, or who they've sized up as their biggest competition . This year's round tables made headlines for an entirely different reason, however. After speaking to two groups of journalists, former The Apprentice star Thomas Skinner stormed out of the event , later claiming he saw personal messages about him on a journalist's phone.

I first noticed something was amiss while speaking to Louis Cope, Karen Carney and Ross King. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink walked past our table and out the door, which, cons

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