Strictly fans ‘heartbroken’ as George Clarke reveals sad truth behind debut
Strictly star George Clarke has revealed that he watched the pre-recorded launch show alone at home whilst his co-stars all gathered with their family and friends
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Strictly Come Dancing star George Clarke has revealed that he watched the pre-recorded launch show alone at home.(Image: THEUSELESSHOTLINE/TikTok)
Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left feeling sorry for star George Clarke after he revealed that he watched the pre-recorded launch show alone at home.
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The YouTuber, 25, is one of several famous faces taking part in this year’s edition of the BBC favourite alongside fellow celebrities like Geordie Shore’s Vicky Pattison, Neighbours legend Stefan Dennis and rugby player Chris Robshaw amongst a whole host of others. But when the first show went on air more than a week ago, George watched the transmission on his own with a takeaway.
Speaking on The Useless Hotline podcast, he told co-host Max Baledge: “So I watched it at home with no one. No, I actually did! I got a Subway as well!”
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The Youtuber sat alone at home with a Subway to watch his debut on the BBC show (Image: The Useless Hotline Podcast/YouTube)
Shocked, Max cut in: “George, that is the most upsetting… I would have like literally thrown you a party and like done a full jamboree. But if I would’ve known that you were watching it by yourself, me and Andrew had more of a shindig here than you probably did!”
George explained that his co-stars, including former Love Island winner Dani Dyer, who was later replaced by musical theatre star Amber Davies after she had sustained an injury, were watching the show with family and friends and he had no one.
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He added: “What’s funny as well is they asked for us to send to the group chat/like the socials guy, a video of how we’re watching the show.
“I’m talking about viewing parties. Dani Dyer’s got like a little paddle with like ten on one side, her face on the other. Vicky’s there with her husband and her whole family, just like loads of stuff. And I’m sat there in my outfit own my own eating a Subway!”
When pressed for details of why he was home alone, George admitted that everyone who he lives with were away at that point. Fellow social media star Arthur Hill was away in Los Angeles, while ChrisMD – real name Christopher Dixon – was away for the weekend.
Fans took to the comments to say how they felt sorry for George, with one writing: “Why do I feel bad.”
Another said: “Aww no George,” while a third commented: “Aww bless him.”
Just before announcing his participation in this year’s lineup, George confirmed he was dating lingerie model Yasmin Amelia. He explained his reasoning on the Useless Hotline Podcast, saying he wanted to take control of the story before speculation started.
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George Clarke is taking part in Strictly with newcomer Alexis Warr(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC/Ray Burmiston)
He shared: “That’s part of the reason why we wanted to say something. Because the two options were, say something. You have full control over how it comes out.
“Whatever you say is basically how people find out, or it stays private. [It] just sort of takes all the control out of your hands. But then, I [will] just go on stream after that and be like, that’s not true, by the way. But, yeah, she’s my girlfriend.”
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Fans first spotted hints of his relationship during a livestream, and quickly figured out that his partner was Yasmin Amelia, also known as Yasmin Bennett, a model signed to J’adore Models with over 30,000 Instagram followers.
Clarke himself boasts more than 686,000 followers and previously appeared on the Netflix reality show Inside. While many of his fans celebrated the news of his new romance, others were taken aback.
