London
(ANI):
Professional
mixed
martial
arts
fighter
Alex
Reid
has
been
turned
down
by
Strictly
Come
Dancing
bosses.
Reid's
management
had
wanted
him
to
take
part
in
the
BBC1
dance
show
to
raise
his
profile
following
his
marriage
to
former
glamour
model
Katie
Price.
But
Beeb
producers
have
snubbed
the
bid,
claiming
the
cross-dressing
cage-fighter
is
"not
BBC1
material".
"Alex
is
very
co-ordinated,
thanks
to
his
fight
skills,
and
fancies
himself
as
a
bit
of
a
mover," the
Daily
Star
quoted
a
source
as
saying.
"But
BBC
bosses
were
less
than
impressed
and
they
made
it
clear
he
wasn't
their
type
of
market,"
the
source
stated.
After
34-year-old
Reid's
victory
in
Celebrity
Big
Brother,
his
agents
thought
he
would
do
well
in
Strictly,
and
that
he
would
also
be
able
to
show
viewers
his
softer
side.
"With
Alex's
TV
and
fight
commitments,
Strictly
Come
Dancing
would
not
have
fitted
into
his
schedule,"
a
spokeswoman
for
Reid
said.