Shayne Ward’s Strictly partner Nancy Xu breaks her silence to defend star after he is branded ‘insufferable’

NANCY Xu has breached her soundlessness to enactment Strictly Come Dancing spouse Shayne Ward aft helium was branded "insufferable".

Shayne, 39, and Nancy, 33, made their Strictly creation debut connected Saturday with a Samba to Stevie Wonder's Do I Do.

Judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabue and Anton Du Beke scored the duo 21 for their engergetic performance.

But immoderate viewers aboriginal took to societal media to deed retired astatine erstwhile Coronation Street prima Shayne for being "overconfident".

Now nonrecreational Nancy has taken to societal media to enactment Shayne.

Ahead of them dancing the Tango this weekend, she shared a station of them unneurotic and wrote: "I cannot hold for this."

Nancy added: "Smash it."

Writing connected societal media aft their show connected Saturday, 1 instrumentality said: "The overconfidence is really thing I'm not enjoying astir Shayne close now. No question, he's bully but he's NOT the maestro of each things dance.”

Another professional said: “Shayne Ward did good for week 1, but determination conscionable thing truthful cringe astir the guy."

Another said: “Find idiosyncratic who loves you arsenic overmuch arsenic Shayne Ward loves himself.”

And different idiosyncratic simply said: "Hes insufferable."

Shayne aboriginal deed back, taking to Instagram to guarantee fans that couldn't beryllium further from the truth.

Accompanied by a moody achromatic and achromatic photo, Shayne said: "Strictly is astonishing and I emotion being portion of it.

"But done my grin connected TV I'm arsenic tense arsenic the next person.

"Not cocky oregon overconfident... I'm nervous!

"I conscionable gotta enactment hard and perceive to my fantastic teacher Nancy Xiu. All I tin bash is my best!"