Pregnant Stacey Dooley was suffering from morning sickness 'really badly' when she was on The Masked Dancer.
Earlier this month, Stacey was unveiled as Prawn Cocktail on the ITV dance show after being in the bottom two with Scissors.
Stacey, 35,who is expecting her first child with Strictly partner Kevin Clifton, 39,was eliminated from the competition after performing Miley Cyrus's Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
A source claimed she was feeling 'ill' while taking part in the show.
"Stacey has suffered from morning sickness really badly during her pregnancy and has been quite ill," they said to New Magazine.
"But she is such a determined person and wants to work right through the pregnancy, which we saw when she took part in The Masked Dancer despite being ill."
Mirror have contacted Stacey's representatives for comment.
Stacey previously discussed being sick behind the scenes in an Instagram post.
The star told her followers that she'd been vomiting so much during her first trimester that her dressing room stank.
Sharing a selfie with her hoodie labelled 'PRAWN' while looking ready to dig into a packet of Walker's prawn cocktail crisps, the star made an apology to her runner.
Stacey wrote: "A dancing, preggo prawn. You're WELCOME [prawn emoji]
"The choreographers were such sweethearts, and the entire crew BTS. Ta so much.
"So fun! (Also, so sorry to my gorgeous runner, I just know my dressing room must've stunk of 1st trimester sickness [laughing emoji])"
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At the end of August, Stacey announced her pregnancy with former Strictly Come Dancing beau Kevin.
The happy news was announced on Stacey's Instagram page as she shared the first snap of her blossoming bump and said she was 'delighted' with the news.
"Gaaaaaaang.....We are having a baby!" the documentary-maker excitedly told fans.
"So b***dy delighted," she went on.
Turning her attention to her boyfriend Kevin, who she met on Strictly in 2018, Stacey gushed: "Kev, you're magic, I love youuuu." (sic).
The TV star then joked that being pregnant had become 'impossible to hide.'
"If one more person asks me if I've had my t**s done in LA I'm gonna scream," she laughed.
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