He bowed out of the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom on Sunday night alongside Ellie Taylor.
And while Johannes Radebe's bond with Ellie is clear to see, the professional dancer dropped a huge hint he had struggled with past celebrities in a very telling interview.
Appearing on It Takes Two with the comedian, 39, on Monday, Johannes, 35, spoke fondly of him time on this year's series and their friendship.
But body language expert Judi James couldn't help but notice the dancer's strong hints about past clashes with celebrities in years gone past.
Having joined the show in 2018, Johannes has been partnered with Catherine Tyldesley, Caroline Quentin and John Whaite, and while it is not clear who he is referring to, he alluded to troubles in past series.
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There is a golden rule on Strictly that the pro dancers never offer anything other than the warmest, cheesiest and most flattering gush about their celebrity partners, no matter how much demanding and difficult diva behaviour they have had to put up with during the series.
Anton has been the first to break this rule with his hilarious retrospective pops at celebs he has previously partnered over the years and the problems they have caused him.
But now even the most patient, kind and apparently loving of all the pro dancers has decided to show a tiny flash of his claws with one telling body language gesture to camera as he hinted at problems he has suffered himself.
There is no question that Johannes and Ellie have formed a genuinely strong and loving friendship this season and even while Ellie was crying ‘happy tears’ over her exit, Johannes was on hand with a glittery box of tissues and even offering to dab them off himself.
He told Janette that his highlight this season ‘would be her’ and his own tears did actually look authentic as he looked up and to his left as he became tearful, which would be a gesture to prevent tears rather than looking down as most people doing fake tears do, to try to produce them.
But Johannes’s ‘tell’ came when he mentioned that ‘Not once have I had to chat to my therapist’, in a thinly-veiled swipe at previous partners.
Despite his tears Johannes then performed the most hilarious tie-sign gesture straight to the cameras and the viewers at home, rolling his eyes, pursing his lips but then offering a small colluding smile with dimples to suggest he could say more but he won’t. Ellie screamed with laughter, suggesting she knew who he was referring to and the camera quickly flicked to Janette’s face and away from Johannes.
Johannes’s niceness must mean that he doesn’t suffer the same fate as poor Anton and get the most difficult no-hoper celebs in future seasons.
He had a chance of winning with Ellie but he must be allowed to stay at that level or higher and his hint-dropping could be a pre-emptive strike against getting paired with the ones with the big names but smallest amounts of talent on future shows.
