Strictly’s Chris McCausland takes swipe at show as he says pro partner Dianne ‘kicked him in the head’ during rehearsals
STRICTLY Come Dancing star Chris McCausland appeared to take a swipe at the dance show on Saturday night, after taking to the floor with pro partner Dianne Buswell.
Stand-up comedian Chris is the first ever blind contestant to take to the Strictly dancefloor and made his debut on the BBC contest this weekend.
The pairing performed a Cha-Cha-Cha routine to The Beatles hit Twist and Shout and scored a respectable 23.
And viewers at home were left in tears at their performance, with fans across the country expressing their immense pride towards Chris for his efforts in the routine.
After they’d danced, they headed up to chat to Claudia Winkleman and Dianne praised Chris for being such a “hard worker.”
They then addressed an amazing dance floor trick they’d showed off, where Dianne stood on her head and was grabbed by Chris.
He said: “‘That cartwheel thing, when she suggested it, I said, ‘Are you mad?’”
He added: “We messed it up so many times. She kicked me in the head one day!
“If there was ever any doubt that I have more sight than I was letting on, I did not avoid nor anticipate it… I stood there and I took a foot right in the face.”
Responding online, fans shared their horror at Chris’ joke, as one wrote: “‘I know the bbc hr employees felt their souls leave their bodies hearing chris talk about getting kicked.”
Chris’ comment about being “kicked in the head” comes after Zara McDermott alleged “physical incidents” had occurred between herself and pro partner Graziano Di Prima.
Graziano was fired by the BBC following claims he hit, spat at and kicked at his former celebrity partner.
The Sun also revealed that Zara had broken a leg bone in a tough training session during the show last year.
Graziano has since returned to his normal job, working for £6 an hour on a farm in his native Italy.
Yet he has hit back at the “shocking” way the pair’s friendship came to an end.
He told how “these vile, false allegations ruined my life in a matter of minutes — professionally, financially, psychologically and reputationally.”