Ellie Leach addresses trolls as Strictly winner breaks silence on replacing Helen Flanagan in Cluedo 2

Ellie Leach addresses trolls as she replaces Helen Flanagan in Cluedo 2Source: Ellie Leach

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00:00 Hello everyone! Just wanted to come on and catch up because I haven't really

00:07 been on that much and there's a lot to unfold. First of all I just want to

00:15 say thank you all so so much for all your messages about the tour, the Strictly Tour.

00:23 I can't believe that in a couple of days it's gonna be over. If I think about it

00:28 too much I cry so I try not to think too much about the end. But yeah thank you

00:34 all so much. I'm so glad that everyone who's been to see the show has enjoyed

00:38 it. We have loved putting on a performance for you all every night.

00:43 And also thank you to everyone who's messaged to say congratulations about my

00:48 new role which is Miss Scarlet in Cluedo 2. I am so so excited. It is my stage debut.

00:58 So yeah I'm very very excited about that. In regards to my last story about my

01:06 scarf, basically I haven't worn it for a few weeks because we're on tour and

01:12 we've been getting pictured outside the hotels and the venues and I wear my

01:19 scarf a lot because like I say we're on tour and I'm living out of a suitcase so

01:23 I don't have all of my stuff with me and it's freezing cold outside. I obviously

01:27 I'm gonna wear a scarf but I think because it's multicoloured and bright

01:32 and very visible people keep picking up on the fact that I've always got it on.

01:35 I think people are a bit like 'has she ever got that scarf off?' but that's the

01:40 reason why. So I thought I'll give it a little break for the time being but it's

01:44 back. I've managed to get it back. So the social media hate was for the scarf but

01:51 while we are on that topic I do want to talk a little bit about it because I

01:55 think that it's something that's not spoken about enough. I think as people in

02:01 the public eye we are exposed to people having opinions whether that's opinions

02:08 on your personality or a lot of the time opinions on the way that you look and it

02:14 makes me really sad actually because you know I've seen quite a few comments and

02:20 a few messages that aren't really very nice and I just think that we should be

02:28 kinder to each other and we should be more positive rather than trying to pick

02:33 out negatives or put people down. Yeah I think that social media is a great

02:42 thing, it's an amazing way to connect with people but also it can be really

02:47 really toxic and horrible and I think that we all need to remember that we're

02:53 all humans and we all have feelings and to just think before you post because it

03:02 can be nasty and it can really really hurt people and affect people and you

03:07 might not think that it does but it does so yeah just please before you say

03:15 things have a little think how you would feel if somebody said that to you and

03:22 yeah just be kinder to people whether it's your friend, whether it's somebody

03:26 you know, a friend of a friend, whether it's someone who you don't know, a

03:30 stranger, someone in the public eye, whoever whoever it may be just take a

03:35 little second before you write a comment or write a message and just think how

03:41 would I feel if I was on the receiving end of that but also thank you all so so

03:50 much for all your lovely messages they do not go unnoticed I feel very very

03:54 grateful to have lovely people in my life so thank you guys have a lovely