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Strictly star Chris McCausland defended by Dianne Buswell amid claims he’s only through ‘because he’s blind’


Pro dancer Dianne Buswell has defended her Strictly partner Chris McCausland after a Strictly Come Dancing audience member's rude remark on X.

Chris and Dianne performed a quickstep to You’re The Top from Anything Goes in the show’s quarter-final on Saturday (November 30). In response to the judges’ critiques after their quickstep routine, Dianne urged people to remember that, “for 20-odd years, Chris’s safe space has been down here” – referring to the ground below them. Dianne was over the moon when they completed their routine (Credit: BBC)Chris McCausland has made history this year as Strictly’s first-ever blind contestant.

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