Maisie Smith has been within the backside two twice on Strictly Come Dancing (Image: BBC)
Maisie Smith has had a tough time of it on Strictly Come Dancing just lately, ending up within the dreaded dance-off for 2 weeks working.
Regardless of smashing her routines with accomplice Gorka Marquez, the EastEnders actress has found herself in the bottom, with the judging panel selecting to save lots of her.
The EastEnders actress’ mum, Julia, has insisted that she is ‘nervous and vulnerable’ on the present, and lacking the ‘consolation’ of getting her household round her.
Which is comprehensible.
Talking about seeing the 19-year-old wrestle, she defined that she will be able to ‘really feel’ her daughter’s vulnerability, giving her sleepless nights.
‘As a dad or mum, it’s not about her profitable, it’s not about her being on the high of the leaderboard in my eyes, in my view,’ she advised the Daily Mail.
‘It’s seeing my daughter upset and weak…I need to seize her. Within the early days me and my husband have been allowed to take a seat within the viewers …and she or he would look over and we might give her an enormous thumbs-up and she or he mentioned she misses that.
‘Understanding that we’re nowhere close to, I really feel her vulnerability, so it has been fairly tearful. The final couple of weekends have been …you already know, I didn’t sleep on Sunday night time. I used to be up for 3 hours simply pacing round within the night time, pondering, “How can I assist her?”’
Maisie has been within the public eye since she was a younger youngster, first stepping foot on EastEnders as Tiffany when she was simply six-years-old.
She additionally had a quick look in The Different Boleyn Lady, with Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Eric Bana.
Maisie has been smashing it on the dance flooring (Image: BBC)
Julia additionally added that the star had discovered it tough to be herself on the collection, as she is so used to ‘hiding behind’ her Tiffany persona.
Maisie ended up within the backside two towards Max George earlier this month, and ‘burst into tears’ when the judges opted to save lots of her.
Chatting to OK! Journal, she mentioned: ‘Some folks have had it of their heads that as a result of I’m a very good dancer that I’d be protected each week. However that’s so not the case.
‘It was so, so scary. It wasn’t a pleasant feeling in any respect. You didn’t see it on digicam, however as quickly as I used to be saved, I simply burst into tears. It knocked my confidence. I’ve been attempting so arduous – all of us have. However I’ve needed to hold reminding myself to not take it so personally.’
‘It occurred to Jamie Laing within the first week, and he did so effectively after that. However actually, once I heard my identify, it was the scariest feeling. I’ve by no means been in such a scary state of affairs.’
The star found herself in the bottom as soon as extra final week, towards Caroline Quentin.
How will she fare this night?
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday, at 7.15pm, on BBC One.
