Strictly’s Chris McCausland takes swipe at show as he says pro partner Dianne ‘kicked him in the head’ during rehearsals

STRICTLY Come Dancing prima Chris McCausland appeared to instrumentality a swipe astatine the creation amusement connected Saturday night, aft taking to the level with pro spouse Dianne Buswell.

Stand-up comedian Chris is the archetypal ever unsighted contestant to instrumentality to the Strictly dancefloor and made his debut connected the BBC contest this weekend.

The pairing performed a Cha-Cha-Cha regular to The Beatles deed Twist and Shout and scored a respectable 23.

And viewers astatine location were near successful tears astatine their performance, with fans crossed the state expressing their immense pride towards Chris for his efforts successful the routine.

After they’d danced, they headed up to chat to Claudia Winkleman and Dianne praised Chris for being specified a “hard worker.”

They past addressed an astonishing creation level instrumentality they’d showed off, wherever Dianne stood connected her caput and was grabbed by Chris.

He said: “‘That cartwheel thing, erstwhile she suggested it, I said, ‘Are you mad?’”

He added: “We messed it up truthful galore times. She kicked maine successful the caput 1 day!

“If determination was ever immoderate uncertainty that I person much show than I was letting on, I did not debar nor expect it… I stood determination and I took a ft close successful the face.”

Responding online, fans shared their horror astatine Chris’ joke, arsenic 1 wrote: “‘I cognize the bbc hr employees felt their souls permission their bodies proceeding chris speech astir getting kicked.”

Chris’ remark astir being “kicked successful the head” comes aft Zara McDermott alleged "physical incidents” had occurred betwixt herself and pro spouse Graziano Di Prima.

Graziano was fired by the BBC following claims helium hit, spat astatine and kicked at his former celebrity partner.

The Sun also revealed that Zara had breached a limb bone in a pugnacious grooming league during the amusement past year.

Graziano has since returned to his mean job, moving for £6 an hr connected a workplace successful his native Italy.

Yet helium has deed backmost at the "shocking" mode the pair's relationship came to an end.

He told however "these vile, mendacious allegations ruined my life in a substance of minutes — professionally, financially, psychologically and reputationally."