CAROL Smillie has accused the BBC of manipulating comments she made on Strictly Come Dancing to boost ratings for its flagship Saturday night show.
The TV presenter has claimed producers selectively edited her quotes to “stir things up” and create the impression that she disliked Emma Bunton, the former Spice Girl and fellow contestant.
Smillie, who is best known as the former presenter of the DIY make-over programme Changing Rooms, said she was “enormously upset” and felt “manipulated” by the techniques used by the show’s makers to manufacture tensions between contestants and provoke controversy.
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