Joe Sugg says Dianne Buswell is ‘not OK’ after ‘weird’ decision to axe Dev Griffin

Dianne was visibly upset when they got the boot

Joe and Dianne

by William Marriott |
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YouTuber Joe Sugg, boyfriend of Strictly Come Dancing professional Dianne Buswell, has revealed Dianne is "not OK" after she found herself in the bottom two with her celebrity dance partner Dev Griffin.

The 28-year-old, who met Dianne on the show, also said he found it "weird" how the pair were in the bottom two, despite all the public support they had received throughout the competition.

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Speaking on ITV's Lorraine, Joe said, “I really don't think it should have been them to go.

"I think they had so much potential. He was an amazing student." Struggling to find the right words, Joe added, "It does seem...weird."

When Lorraine asked, "What happened?", Joe responded, "Good question. What did happen? I think like the rest of the country right now I'm in massive shock. Absolutely gutted for Dev and Dianne.”

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Natasha Kaplinsky and Brendan Cole

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Ali Bastian and Brian Fortuna

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Joe Calzaghe and Kristina Rihanoff

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Ben Cohen and Kristina Rihanoff

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Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev

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Rachel Riley and Pasha Kovalev

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Georgia May Foote and Giovanni Pernice

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Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg

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Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Marquez

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Giovanni Pernice and Ashley Roberts

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Caroline Flack and AJ Pritchard

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Dianne broke her silence in an emotional tribute to Dev on her Instagram profile on Sunday.

Posting a photo of the pair together, the 30-year-old, wrote, "My heart is broken. this guy had so much to give and worked sooooo hard I’m so sorry your journey was cut short you have done me so proud, every week you would say you just didn’t want to let me down!

"Dev you sooo didn’t you were a dream to teach and you were turning into such a great dancer thank you so much for everything 💕."

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Dev also took to Instagram to thank his fans for supporting him, posting a video of the moment he got voted off the competition.

He wrote, "It's been incredible! I wish I could have stayed a bit longer but sadly my strictly ride has come to an end."

"Thank you to all of the production team, wardrobe, make up, crew, pro dancers and celebs for looking after me and being like family to me these past few weeks."

"@diannebuswell you are the best! Thank you for being such an amazing partner and always pushing me to be the best version of myself. I've loved every minute of this! Good luck to the other celebs. I'm off to put my feet up for a bit."

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This is the latest Strictly news, after Curtis Pritchard revealed the elimination results actually get leaked online every week.

Curtis told Hits Radio, "This does happen. Right, there is a page that you can go on to find out, I'm not going to give it away for everyone because I don't want it to be spoilt, but it does tend to happen.

Revealing that members of the audience and backstage guests are asked not to leak the news before Sunday night's results show, Curtis added, "We get told when we go into the show to watch, because they know this 'page' that leaks the information is out there, they say, 'Please, please don't tell this page, don't leak it, don't tell anyone'.

"It just spoils the fun for the audience who don't watch it."

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