Johannes Radebe addresses rumours over Strictly Come Dancing future

Professional dancer Johannes Radebe has denied speculation that helium is leaving BBC deed programme Strictly Come Dancing.

The South African star, who took to British TV screens via the Strictly signifier successful 2018, shared a video connected Instagram to cull rumours astir his exit from the show, dubbing them “lies”.

“I’m not going nowhere,” helium stated successful the caption of his societal media post.

“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.”

The 37-year-old nonrecreational dancer is presently coupled connected Strictly with BBC Gladiators prima Montell Douglas.

Radebe’s update follows a tumultuous week for the Strictly cast, with dancer Amy Dowden, forced to bow retired of the BBC programme aft she suffered an insufficiency accent fracture to her foot.

The Welsh dancer had been partnered with lad set JLS prima JB Gill.

He has present been coupled with dancer Lauren Oakley for the remainder of the BBC One series.

Dowden missed the 2023 play arsenic she received attraction for signifier 3 bosom cancer.

She had planned to observe 1 twelvemonth passing aft her past chemotherapy attraction during Saturday’s unrecorded show.

Dowden recovered a lump successful her bosom lone 1 time earlier she near for her Maldives honeymoon with hubby and chap nonrecreational dancer Ben Jones.

She aboriginal revealed she had stage-three bosom crab and underwent a mastectomy arsenic good arsenic chemotherapy to combat the disease.

In February, the 34-year-old confirmed that caller trial results had “no grounds of disease”.