Strictly Come Dancing pro Dianne Buswell and her professional partner Vito Coppola have issued a statement to fans
Strictly Come Dancing favourites Dianne Buswell and Vito Coppola have had to unfortunately call off a segment of their eagerly anticipated show, causing dismay among their supporters.
Dianne, 36, together with Vito, 32, are currently touring with their vibrant Red Hot and Ready show. Their latest performance was scheduled for London's West End at the historic Shaftesbury Theatre.
Unfortunately, fans who were looking forward to the highly-anticipated Meet and Greet experience were informed it would no longer be proceeding.
Ticket-holders were sent an email which stated: "We're sorry to inform you but due to very difficult circumstances that have occurred today, today's meet and greet with Dianne and Vito has unfortunately been cancelled."
The email went on to say: "Both Dianne and Vito send their deepest apologies and regret an inconvenience."
In spite of the cancellation of the meet and greet, the email confirmed that the duo would still be performing on Sunday night as planned, reports the Express.
Additionally, the production team behind the tour reassured customers they would be issued a complete refund.
The announcement follows closely after Dianne, originally from Australia, expressed on a recent podcast that the tour has been presenting some challenges. She confessed: "I've been struggling, I've had a struggle struggle week."
Sharing her experiences on the podcast Winning Isn't Everything with her previous dance partner Chris McCausland, Dianne admitted: "Because I did have a moment, I've cried and everything, I had a moment where I thought, 'I feel really bad when I used to be so mean to Chris about being sick'."
The comedian playfully interjected: "Hang on, when we did Strictly, I'm just trying to think, even when I was bad or injured," which led Dianne to interrupt him saying: "You were quite sick a lot."
He retorted: "How many times did I cry that wasn't for joyous, emotional reasons? How many times did I cry because of illness or pain or sadness?" After thinking for a moment, he humorously concluded that the number was in fact "zero".
In her defence, Dianne posited that women tend to be "much more emotional" than men, citing hormonal reasons.
Dancer Dianne, who is in a relationship with YouTuber Joe Suggs, and her colleague Vito's engagements come after the nationwide tour of Strictly Come Dancing which, in an unprecedented turn, didn't feature its winner participating.
Chris, having made history in 2024 by being the first blind contestant to win the contest, had to miss out on the tour owing to commitments clashing with his own schedule.
At the time of the scheduling conflict, he shared: "I'm afraid I will not be able to do the Strictly tour. My own tour was meant to be on the road in September and a lot of dates were moved to Jan and Feb to accommodate doing #Strictly.
"It's unfortunate as it's been so much fun, but my own dates can't be moved for a second time."
