BBC Strictly's Tom Dean says becoming first celeb to leave was 'a genuine shock'
ok.co.ukOlympic champion Tom Dean failed to replicate his swimming pool success in the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom and was the first celebrity to be eliminated from the 2024 line-up.
Now the 24 year old has broken his silence about the "genuine shock" of failing to make it past week one of the competition, saying his early departure left him "gutted".
Speaking on the Strictly companion show It Takes Two, Tom said he was "gutted" to leave the dancefloor with Nadiya Bychkova on Sunday night's show, but said he had a great time nonetheless.
that he had hoped to progress further in the competition and had thoroughly enjoyed his time on the show. “I definitely wanted to go further in the competition," he revealed. "I’m gutted, there’s no two ways about it, and I’ve thought about it loads, we’ve spoken about it loads, and I did give it my all.There was nothing more I could have given, and I loved every part of it.
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