Dave Fishwick has broken his silence after it was reported that he had signed up to this year’s Strictly Come Dancing.
The Bank Of Dave inspiration, 53, was rumoured in May to have ‘signed on the dotted line’ for the 2024 competition.
But appearing on BBC Breakfast on Sunday, the community banker was cagey when asked about his reported appearance.
‘No I can’t,’ he said, when he was asked by host Roger Johnson about whether he could dance.
‘Strictly? It’s been rumoured. It’s been talked about a lot,’ Roger said, before Dave flashed a smile and replied: ‘I can’t possibly comment, I would be in real trouble.’
Dave Fishwick broke his silence on BBC Breakfast on Sunday after it was reported in May that he had signed up to this year’s Strictly Come Dancing
The Bank Of Dave inpsiration, 53, was revealed in May to be joining the cast for the 2024 dancing competition
‘No I can’t comment on that at all,’ he added.
This is where you suddenly become the politician,’ Roger said, before Dave replied: ‘Listen no, I would be in so much trouble then, I really would.
‘Theres rumours, there’s definitely rumours. Big ones, yeah. I cant possibly comment at all.’
In what he reportedly described as making his ‘dreams come true’, Dave recently ‘signed the dotted line to confirm his place after being a approached by BBC bosses earlier this year’.
Dave, who left school at 16 without any qualifications, has loaned more than £27 million to people and businesses since setting up a community bank.
According to The Sun, a source said: ‘Dave is a real community hero and the best of British.
‘Strictly think his inspiring back story will win him new fans on and shine a spotlight on the amazing work he has done for people and business in Lancashire.
‘Dave has told his friends he has accepted and cannot wait to get started. For Dave it’s a dream come true. He is a working-class man who did well for himself and decided to use his success to help others.’
But appearing on BBC Breakfast on Sunday, the community banker was cagey when asked about his reported appearance
And finally making his ‘dreams come true’, Dave recently ‘signed the dotted line to confirm his place after being a approached by BBC bosses earlier this year’
Dave, who left school at 16 without any qualifications, has loaned more than £27 million to people and businesses since setting up a community bank
A source said: ‘Dave is a real community hero and the best of British. ‘Strictly think his inspiring back story will win him new fans on and shine a spotlight on the amazing work he has done for people and business in Lancashire.
His bank Burnley Savings and Loans, which is still going strong today, operated on a not for profit basis and all surplus money went to good causes.
From his desk at his small headquarters in Burnley town centre, Dave has loaned thousands of locals to cover everything, from funeral expenses to IVF.
The down to earth businessman’s extraordinary life was recently captured in the recent biopic called Bank of Dave which trended number one on Netflix.
James Bond star Rory Kinnear played him in the feel good film which also starred Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor.
It’s a captivating feel good story that caught the eye of Hollywood scriptwriters, who have turned Dave’s battle with the banking giants into a big-budget biopic.
Speaking to the Mail Online previously, he said: ‘People who rob banks go to prison, but banks who rob people get paid bonuses and get bailed out.
The down to earth businessman’s extraordinary life was recently captured in the recent biopic called Bank of Dave which trended number one on Netflix (Rory Kinnear (centre) plays Dave)
‘The truth is, we’ve been badly served by the banks in the past and we need change. Banks that are too big to fail are just too big to exist.’
‘I like going home. I like my own bed, and being around family,’ he says.
‘When I’ve had a really tough day — and I’ve had plenty of tough days — I open my front door, I can smell apple pie, and my wife, Nicola, will have run me a bath with a bottle of beer there. What can be nicer? Burnley is where I’m from, where my pals don’t care who I am, and rightly so.’
