STRICTLY’S Michelle Tsiakkas has confirmed her heart breaking axe from the hit BBC show after the bloodbath of professional stars.
She even joked that her boyfriend fellow dancer and choreographer Simone Arena wouldn’t dare appear on the show following her axe, along with several of her co-stars.
Strictly’s Michelle has publicly confirmed her axe from the BBC showCredit: TikTok/@thelaughingdonkeysuk
She posed with her boyfriend for a photo and joked that he wouldn’t ever dare do the UK version of Strictly now she has been axedCredit: TikTok/@thelaughingdonkeysuk
Michelle became a pro on the show in 2022Credit: BBC
In a video shared by TheLaughingDonkeys on TikTok, a cameraman hugged Michelle and said how gutted they were for her, with the dancer nodding and looking sad as she spoke to the man.
As one of the men said it was “shocking” and “heartbreaking”, Michelle sweetly said: “It is what it is.”
The video then cut to her boyfriend helping her put a case in the back of a car.
The photographers asked for a photo of the couple posing together, with them hugging for a smitten snap.
“Would he do Strictly?” one of the men asked as the couple posed.
Michelle and Simone both laughed and looked as though it was a definite no.
One man then said “he wouldn’t dare” to which Michelle and her partner agreed.
Michelle’s boyfriend Simone is an Italian dancer known for his work on in , , and .
Dancing with the Stars is part of the same global franchise as Strictly.
This comes after Michelle sensationally stepped down from the shows just days after it was revealed she had been axed from the flagship show in a brutal cast shake-up.
, who joined the hit series as a professional dancer in 2022, had been expected to perform alongside the rest of the cast on the upcoming live tour later this year.
But after the shock decision to drop her from the programme, Michelle, 30, has now also walked away from the touring production.
A pal told The Sun: “Michelle feels like she’s got a lot to process at the moment.
“She’s made a lot of personal sacrifices for the show and was in it for the long term.
Axed Strictly Professionals
THESE are the casualties of a cull by BBC bosses at Strictly:
“I think she feels like she was promised one thing but has been given something totally different.”
Her exit comes amid a dramatic behind-the-scenes shake-up, with several professional dancers axed from the long-running competition.
In total seven dancers have been culled as bosses overhaul the line-up ahead of the next series.
Michelle quit the Strictly tour after her axe from the main showCredit: PA
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