Michelle Visage says Strictly has been like a “rebirth” – after discovering her thyroid was benign on the day she landed in the UK for the TV show. Michelle Visage says Strictly has been like a “rebirth” – after discovering her thyroid was benign on the day she landed in the UK for the TV show. The RuPaul’s Drag Race judge, 51, was tested for cancer just before she left the US. Visage, who has had Hashimoto’s disease, where the immune system attacks the thyroid, for 20 years, said: “I feel like a new person. Ashley Roberts and Giovanni Perenice (Matt Crossick/PA)Visage also dismissed the so-called Strictly “curse”, saying her dance partner Giovanni Pernice and his relationship with ex-Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts was more of a blessing.

Source: Irish Independent October 16, 2019 08:15 UTC