BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Johannes Radebe breaks silence on rumours he's set to quit

Strictly Come Dancing's Johannes Radebe has present addressed speculation that he's preparing to discontinue the BBC creation amusement astatine the extremity of the latest bid aft joining successful 2018

Professional dancer Johannes Radebe has present addressed speculation this week that he's preparing to discontinue Strictly Come Dancing astatine the extremity of the latest series.

Johannes, 37, has go a instrumentality favourite connected the BBC amusement since joining the line-up of dancers successful 2018. He's partnered with Gladiators prima Montell Douglas, 38, this twelvemonth and they're among the remaining pairs successful the competition.

Earlier this week, determination were reports that Johannes is planning to permission Strictly adjacent year to prosecute different opportunities. It comes pursuing the quality that helium volition pb the formed of Kinky Boots: the Musical connected its UK and Ireland circuit from January to July, and he's besides thought to beryllium moving connected a movie adaptation of his memoir, JoJo: Finally Home.

Johannes nevertheless has present addressed the speculation successful a station connected Instagram. Alongside a screenshot of an nonfiction referencing the speculation, helium wrote to his followers: "I'm not going nowhere! The communicative isnt existent - I emotion @bbcstrictly and I privation to bash this beauteous amusement for arsenic agelong arsenic they privation maine - and the assemblage volition allow. I person Kinky Boots and different enactment successful the pipeline yes but thing volition instrumentality maine away. Love you each Jojo Xx."

The station besides included footage of Johannes astatine a rehearsal with Montell, successful which helium said: "I'm going nowhere. Nowhere. It's a lie." Johannes besides shared the station connected his Instagram Story, adding: "I'm going obscurity ... lies."

It comes aft a root the Sun, arsenic antecedently reported: "Johannes is hugely loved connected the amusement and determination isn't an atom of atrocious feeling astir him leaving. Both helium and the show's bosses realise helium is overwhelmed with enactment arsenic a effect of his soaring popularity and privation him each the best. But cipher tin ever get truthful large that they continually instrumentality up excessively overmuch limelight - the prima of the amusement indispensable ever beryllium the amusement itself."

The root went connected to explicate that the doorway is expected to beryllium near unfastened for Johannes to instrumentality successful the aboriginal and claimed that helium has "too overmuch to juggle" alongside Strictly. They said that it isn't conscionable the announced projects he's moving connected arsenic determination are "other opportunities successful the pipeline too".

Johannes joined Strictly backmost successful 2018 and has since been partnered with celebrities similar John Whaite and Annabel Croft, whom helium placed 2nd and 4th with respectively.

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