Strictly judge Shirley Ballas on ‘suffering in silence’ and menopause

"My life is like a tumble dryer and — like a lot of women — I suffer in silence."

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Shirley Ballas has revealed that she often suffers in silence “like a lot of women”, even before she was found to have an abnormally high level of testosterone.

The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 61, was recently told by her doctor following tests that the level of testosterone in her body was “that of a man”.