Strictly pro hints he’s partnered with Love Island’s Zara McDermott
Posted by  badge Boss on Aug 19, 2023 - 11:08PM
Could it be true? (Picture: Getty/BBC)

A professional has dropped a huge hint he could be partnered with star .

The reality star, 26, has as the very first  contestant 

Zara joins the likes of , , , and , with

However, it has yet to be revealed who Zara will be partnered with, although some fans are already.

But now, another name has been thrown into the mix, thanks to Zara’s boyfriend .

The Made In Chelsea star, who has been dating Zara since 2019, dropped Neil Jones’ name during a chat with .

Sam Thompson spoke about his girlfriend Zara McDermott appearing on Strictly (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)
Zara is the first Love Island star on the BBC competition (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Fleur probed: ‘The first thing I need to ask you is, are you a jealous person?’

‘If you’re off dancing with someone else, as long as I’m playing Fifa, I’m cool,’ Sam replied.

It Takes Two host Fleur went on: ‘Prepare to date a new version of your girlfriend, because honestly, she’s going to transform.

‘One week she’ll be in a waltz vibe, next week she’ll be in a salsa vibe.’

Someone else off camera chimed in: ‘Next week she’ll be in an affair with Neil.’

Strictly star Neil Jones addressed the comment (Picture: Trevor Leighton/REX/Shutterstock)

‘Who’s Neil?!’ Sam brushed off. ‘Who’s Neil??’

Resharing the post, Strictly pro Neil hinted: ‘??? don’t worry @samthompsonuk you are definitely safe with me ??.’

This comes after Strictly contestant

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’

Layton Williams has already revealed he’ll be in an all-male pairing (Picture: Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock)

He had previously expressed his desire to be in an all-male pairing, saying on The One Show: ‘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.’

Metro.co.uk has approached the BBC for comment.

Strictly Come Dancing returns to BBC One later this year.