‘Sherlock’ Star Amanda Abbington Deletes Twitter Amid “Transphobe” Claims After Being Cast In ‘Strictly Come Dancing’

, but she was almost immediately accused of being a “transphobe” and a “TERF” by fans of the dancing competition. Some threatened to boycott the show.

Abbington addressed the uproar in an Instagram video, which she titled: “A few thoughts on my Twitterboycott.” Abbington said the outcry resulted from a tweet she posted in March, in which she criticized a video of a drag artist performing in a “highly sexualised way” in front of children.

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