Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Dianne Buswell found herself in a spot of bother at the beginning of the year when an innocent social media blunder sparked engagement rumours
Strictly favourite Dianne Buswell was left squirming when she got grilled on Good Morning Britain back in March amid Joe Sugg engagement rumours after a huge social media blunder.
The Australian professional dancer, 36, graced the ITV morning show to chat about her dance tour with Strictly Come Dancing so-star Vito Coppola, but it wasn’t long before the conversation took a cheeky turn towards her private life.
GMB host Susanna Reid didn’t hesitate to dive into swirling engagement whispers after eagle-eyed fans clocked a glinting ring in Dianne’s social media posts earlier this year.
Dianne has been loved-up with Joe Sugg since their stint together on Strictly in 2018 and the pair are now expecting their first child together, with Dianne announcing her pregnancy news last month.
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Eager to know if Dianne and Joe were set to tie the knot earlier this year, TV host Susanna asked: “I want to ask you because there was a lot of speculation about the fact that you might have got engaged over the last couple of days!”
Caught off guard, Dianne let out a shriek then laughed off the idea, sharing: “It’s a really funny story! I was in Australia and it’s quite hot over there. I had just flown in and my fingers get a little bit swollen on the plane.”
Clueless about the left hand being associated with engagements, she moved her rings due to the swelling. Dianne continued: “I’m taking pictures with my family and I put them online so everyone thought I was engaged. I’m not engaged.”
At the time, Ed Balls also addressed her beau Joe, as he jokingly scolded: “Joseph, what are you doing? What’s he doing, seriously?” Dianne joined in the jest, exclaiming: “I know! Joe!”
The hilarious jewellery gaffe left both the hosts and the dancer chuckling away as Dianne dubbed the whole episode a brilliant blunder.
BBC audiences first witnessed the chemistry between Dianne and Joe when they teamed up on Strictly in 2018.
The pair wowed judges and viewers alike, securing the runner-up spot in the competition, just behind winners Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton. By the end of the same year, they competed, the couple made their romance official with an adorable social media announcement.
Donning their finest attire, the lovebirds gazed into each other’s eyes in a charming snapshot, as Joe captioned it: “I may not have won the glitter ball, but I’ve won something a million times more special.”
Dianne recently teased fans with possible names for her baby boy, following the exciting announcement of her pregnancy. Dianne shared the delightful news last month that she’s expecting a bundle of joy with beau Joe.
Dianne has made history on Strictly as the first pregnant professional dancer as the new series launched on September 20. The couple, who met in 2018 while Joe was competing on the BBC show, took to Instagram to share their happiness with an adorable stick-figure illustration depicting them with a little one, captioning it: “Our little baby boy. We cannot wait to meet you.”
On her podcast with comedian Chris McCausland, her victorious 2024 Strictly partner, Dianne let slip some thoughts on baby names.
Before learning they were having a boy, Dianne and Joe considered an unusual name for a girl but ultimately had reservations. Dianne confessed: “If it was a girl it was always going to be Americus, but it was never going to be Americus because Joe would never have that.”
She joked about bypassing Joe’s approval, saying, “However, I had planned to get him out the room when I do the certificate or whatever you do and just put it on there. However, now that you just said Americano, that’s kind of cool too.
“I’m planning to call it Christopher Anton Craig Buswell-Sugg. It might be Christopher Craig Anton Buswell-Sugg, that is TBC at the moment. Do you know how many people have messaged me saying ‘You better call that baby Chris!’. I’m not even joking.”
In a discussion with Chris about how being pregnant influences her dancing, she shared: “I’m still doing everything that I did before. Obviously with lifts there’s just going to be a bit more caution, but my doctor has said that everything is normal.
“He said, ‘Basically if you’ve done it before…then crack on and keep doing what you were doing…you shouldn’t stop what you do.'”.
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