Strictly's John Whaite makes candid comment about partnership on show
November 04, 2021 - 13:59 GMT Francesca Shillcock Strictly Come Dancing star John Whaite has spoken candidly about his"fears" upon joining the BBC ballroom show, explaining that he originally asked for a very specific pairing.In a recent interview with Attitude magazine alongside his professional partner Johannes Radebe, the former Great British Bake Off star revealed that he was expecting"hate" after it was announced he would be part of the first all-male couple on the show.
"As soon as I found out, I felt a little bit anxious," he began, adding:"I knew that it was an important thing to do, that it was hopefully going to change the way TV is, change the way that children feel when they watch TV – it's massive – but I was expecting to get a lot of hate, like [people] sliding into the DMs and saying, 'You're disgusting' and that kind of thing.
"At first, I said, 'Can you put me with a straight partner?' because I [believed] that that would be the only way it would be accepted, and then, about a month before we were partnered up, I [thought], actually, I want it to be Johannes. It has to be Johannes because it's such an important thing for both of us, it would be wrong for it to be anyone but Johannes.
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