{"id":701963,"date":"2026-01-17T11:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701963\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:07:09","slug":"shirley-ballas-rushed-to-hospital-fearing-fractured-skull-after-scary-fall-celebrity-news-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701963\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley Ballas rushed to hospital fearing fractured skull after ‘scary’ fall | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strictly Come Dancing<\/a>‘s head judge, Shirley Ballas<\/a>, was rushed to hospital amid concerns she fractured her skull in a terrifying accident. The television personality was taken to the hospital after falling backwards and striking her head on a glass table. Medical professionals conducted a brain scan following the incident. After the frightening ordeal, Shirley shared an update on social media. In a post on her Instagram story, she said: “Thank you to all who reached out to see how I’m doing. Scary fall backwards, hitting my head on the glass dressing table. Trip to the hospital to get a brain scan.<\/p>\n

“Fortunately for me, no cracked skull,” she reassured fans. “I’ll rest for a few days to heal my neck and back. Hugs, thank you to @barbara_mccoll for getting my emergency appointment to Sammy Stopford for taking me, and sitting with me all day.”<\/p>\n

She concluded the message with: “Gratitude as the Dr said I was very lucky,” before signing off with a heart emoji.<\/p>\n

This alarming event follows the TV judge’s recent announcement that she is ready to start dating again, nearly two years after her breakup.<\/p>\n

Shirley had been in a relationship with Danny Taylor, whom she met while performing in a pantomime, for six years before they separated in 2024.<\/p>\n

She told Daily Mail<\/a> earlier this month: “I may have had a date or two. I know my truth. I know my authentic self, and if I want to go out on a date, I will go. Nothing serious. No labels, no tags.”<\/p>\n

However, dating may have to take a back seat as Shirly is about to embark on the Strictly live arena tour for 30 shows with stars from the last series taking part.<\/p>\n

She added: “I feel I should give as much time as I can to those people who come to see us and make them feel special, because if it wasn\u2019t for them we wouldn\u2019t have a show like we\u2019ve got.”<\/p>\n

Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> is set to return to screens this autumn on BBC<\/a> One. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing‘s head judge, Shirley Ballas, was rushed to hospital amid concerns she fractured her skull in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[9],"tags":[211106,77,1887,211104,211105,16,15],"class_list":["post-701963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-brain-scan","tag-entertainment","tag-shirley-ballas","tag-shirley-ballas-hospital","tag-strictly-come-dancing-hospital-fall","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115910124938073478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}