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October 07, 2025

Ex-footballer Karen Carney says dance show is right move after trolls hell

- BY MARK JEFFERIES

KAREN Carney says Strictly is rebuilding her confidence after online trolls crushed it by attacking her football punditry career.

The 38-year-old former England player got off to a sensational start on the series, topping the leaderboard with a jive in week one and following it up with a 20-point tango on Saturday.

She has commentated alongside big names such as Laura Woods, Jill Scott and Ian Wright but said of being trolled: “I had it quite bad about four years ago, that was very, very challenging.

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