Brian Redmond talks being the 'bad boy' on the Dancing With the Stars judging panel

'If a woman was doing what I am doing, the level of critique would be absolutely through the roof in terms of personal insults, comments and direct messages'

Brian Redmond: 'I’d love to have flowing locks like Arthur does. I would love to be four inches narrower around the waist and a bit more muscular on top. But none of that affects me. I know who I am'

Resident bad boy of the Dancing With the Stars judging panel, Brian Redmond is a dyed-in-the-wool Dubliner whose comments rarely come with sugared coating. He calls it like it is. And if he sees an opportunity for some divilment and ruaille buaille? Bring it on. So, what’s it like being the judge we love to hate amid rumours of axing?

“It’s a double-edged sword in a way. Being the bad boy allows me to be as honest as I feel I need to be, but it obviously comes with the sense that you’ve got to balance it.” As for the speculation that he was being dropped from the show? It’s the first he’s heard of it.