Sam Thompson has appeared to make a dig at girlfriend Zara McDermott's Strictly Come Dancing co-stars after the ballroom novice was booted out of the contest.
Made In Chelsea star Sam, 31, was a huge supporter of Zara, 26, during her time on the BBC One show and even appeared in the audience with best mate Pete Wicks wearing matching shirts printed with her face.
Zara, who was partnered with pro Graziano Di Prima, spoke often of being completely new to dancing, but some of her castmates have come in for criticism over their level of previous experience.
Ex-Love Islander Zara and Graziano were voted out in the Halloween show and had been in the dance off a number of times, and speaking on his radio show proud boyfriend Sam claimed "we all knew it was coming".
Speaking on Hits Radio, Sam said: "So the week we have all been dreading – my girlfriend Zara McDermott, was sadly voted off Strictly Come Dancing this week. And look, if I’m honest and I’m always honest with you, we all knew it was coming pretty soon.
"It was her third dance off, and everyone else, and I know Zara won’t mind me saying this, everyone else is a better dancer than her."
Appearing to address the fix row, he continued: "Most [contestants left] have had some sort of theatre training, let alone dance training and she trained for 12 hours a day every single day. I barely got to see her, and she put every single ounce of herself into it.
"She can walk out with her head held incredibly high and I said this to her; ‘you beat everyone else who couldn’t dance, who’ve never danced before, so you’re my winner."
Layton Williams has suffered trolling from viewers over his previous roles in the West End, which some have claimed has given him an unfair advantage.
However, Layton has insisted that Strictly is a completely different kind of dancing and pleaded with critics to leave him and partner Nikita Kuzmin alone.
In a chat with the Manchester Evening News, he said: "It's so weird when you're on the top and you want to celebrate, but some people can be so quick to say awful things.
"What would be lovely is for people to stop spreading hate and instead tell their favourites they love them instead. How much nicer would that be? I get that some people don't like me and that's fine, but take that energy and put it to good use, instead."
He added: "I hope that, by watching the show, people can see that I am not perfect and that I have so much to learn. When I first started, I didn't even realise that Latin and ballroom were two different things."
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