After revealing that she’s pregnant, the Strictly Come Dancing star has been flaunting her baby bump, but some viewers have even made harsh comments.
She may have made history by being the first professional dancer to perform on Strictly Come Dancing while pregnant, but Dianne Buswell has faced some tough criticism from certain fans.
The professional ballroom dancer has received a lot of support after revealing her pregnancy while competing on the 2025 series of Strictly, but not everyone agrees that she should be taking part.
Dianne has been proudly showing off her growing bump after sharing that she is expecting a little boy with partner Joe Sugg in 2026. And she confirmed that she would still be going ahead with the competition with celebrity dance partner Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis.
After Dianne became the first woman to compete in a pregnancy, the pair have even named themselves the “Australian dream team.”
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But not all fans were impressed and some have even cruelly suggested that she should drop out of the competition because she’s pregnant. The 36-year-old mum-to-be gave an update to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday evening where she shared one of the many negative comments that she had received.
It stated that “she’s only beginning to show,” and that she shouldn’t dance because she already feels uncomfortable. It is inappropriate. I can’t believe that things like this are still being said in 2025, Dianne wrote in response to the post.
Then in her next Story, the professional dancer shared a comment from one of her Instagram followers, who was being more supportive of Dianne, the Express reports.
They claimed Dianne’s dancing while she was a pregnant woman was “nothing short of magical and beautiful.” She re-shared the post with some love heart emojis, which added that she is “inspirational and incredible.”
The 36-year-old Australian professional confirmed earlier this month that YouTuber Joe Sugg and she are expecting their first child. Since then, her supporters have been questioning her decision to continue giving some of the show’s more difficult lifts.
Dianne explained exactly what her doctor had told her following her pregnancy announcement in an interview with comedian Chris McCausland on his podcast Winning Isn’t Everything.
Because we performed a lot of lifts with high impact, she said. I’ll admit it, but I’m still doing everything I did before. There will undoubtedly be a little more caution with lifts, of course.
However, my doctor assured me that everything is normal. He said that essentially, if you’ve already done it, such as if you’ve done lifts, this, that, you’ve done it, then you should keep doing it.
He said that because you’ve danced since you’ve been five, your body has been designed to do it. You shouldn’t stop doing what he said. You just need to be careful with lifting because it’s so obvious.
Source: Mirror
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