star has confirmed he will be dancing with another man, but insists he doesn’t know who yet.
The Billie Elliot star, 28, became confirmed for this series, and will be joining the likes of , , , and .
And while none of the contestants know who they’ll be dancing with yet, Layton is sure he’ll be in a same-sex pairing.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, the Bad Education actor wrote: ‘I’m 100% gonna be paired up with a man.’
As fans begged to know more, Layton insisted: ‘PS – I don’t know who my partner is lol and even if I did it’s giving We genuinely don’t know until that very moment in screen. Wild right?!x’
Playing coy, Layton had previously shared a lips-zipped-shut emoji, but that didn’t stop fans trying to get it out of him.
This comes after Layton expressed his desire to be in an all-male pairing.
During the announcement on The One Show, Layton said: ‘Honestly, truly, I’m happy so long as it’s a guy. I’ve said I want to dance with a man. I want to be flung around.
‘Basically, at college I was always vey jealous of the girls being thrown around and was like, “I want to be that!”
‘So I can’t wait to get flung around and wear some glittery costumes.’
It remains to be seen who Layton’s professional partner will be this series, but it was previously said that bosses were eyeing him up for
The first same-sex partnership on Strictly was Nicola Adams and Kayta Jones in 2020, who sadly never got a chance to shine for long as they had to withdraw due to Covid-19.
However, the following year, made it all the way to the final and finished in second place in a truly spectacular year for representation.
Then, in 2022, for the first time, we had two same-sex partnerships: Jayde Adams and Karen Hauer, and Richie Anderson and .
A source recently said: ‘This year, everyone is hoping for a same-sex couple who can go the distance.’
‘Layton is a phenomenal performer and the pros will probably queue up to work with him,’ they added to .
Guess we’ll have to wait and see!
Metro.co.uk has approached the BBC for comment.
Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One and iPlayer later this year.
