Ashley Banjo’s agony as beloved dog Rocky dies just days after TV hit with The Real Full Monty
ASHLEY Banjo’s beloved family dog Rocky has died just days after his Real Full Monty Success.
The Diversity star told his fans he was devastated at the loss of the canine who’d been part of their family for years.
The sad news came just 24 hours after Ashley, 29, revealed he was the proud owner of a new Great Dane puppy.
Sharing the news of his sad loss on social media, Ashley shared a snap of the cute pooch and said: “RIP Rocky.
“I didn’t want today to pass without introducing you all to a very special soul. Most of you have never seen him...
“But he’s been in my life since I was a kid and today we lost him. I wanted you all to see his handsome face! Love you and miss you already boy.”
His latest addition to the family may be helping heal his heartbreak and Ashley admitted he was smitten with his new pup.
He told his fans the little dog was called Melvin and that he was eight-weeks old.
Ashley added: “I’m sure there will be a lot more pics to come, he won’t be this small for long!”
The dancer has been riding high over the past week following the success of The Real Full Monty.
Ashley was praised for the brilliant two shows, which saw some of our favourite stars stripping off to raise awareness for cancer charities.
Despite being in demand from a number of shows, yesterday The Sun revealed Ashley was going back to his roots.
After winning Britain's Got Talent with his dance troupe in 2009, he's now returning to the show.
He hopes his group, Diversity Juniors, will walk away with this year's top prize when the series returns.
The body-popping youngsters, called Diversity Juniors aka DVJ, are masterminded by Ashley, and have already been a hit with audiences and the judging panel during auditions.
They appeared alongside Ashley and his Diversity co-dancers for a special performance at last year’s final.
Afterwards, Ashley hinted that a new generation of stars were on the horizon, having conceded he was getting “too old” to perform high-energy moves.
Declan Donnelly will be hosting the series alone for the first time after Ant McPartlin's “drink-drive” crash.
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