"I’m sitting with my family watching Ellie Simmonds take to the Strictly dance floor in a beautiful gold dress.The Paralympian smiles from ear to ear as she performs her incredible cha-cha – and I’m grinning right back at her. As the audience applauds Ellie, I feel like it’s one of the best moments of my entire life. My excitement has been building up to this moment since August, when it was announced she’d be taking part.
Ellie Simmonds relationship with partner Matt as he watches her Strictly debut
25.09.2022 - 00:41 / ok.co.uk
Swimmer Ellie Simmonds, who has won five gold medals across three Paralympic Games, made her dancing debut on tonight’s episode of Strictly Come Dancing with professional partner Nikita Kuzmin. Taking part in the first live episode tonight, Ellie, 27, was supported by her boyfriend Matt Dean, who watched on proudly from the audience.The 27 year old has previously revealed that Matt was a huge part of her decision to join the show, saying: “He was like, ‘Go for it, you don’t know unless you try’.
Now I’m so happy I said yes.” Tonight’s show saw Ellie speak a bit more about her relationship, when Claudia Winkleman asked the swimmer about his cooking. Claudia said: “We have to mention your partner Matt because he’s never cooked before and now you’re doing Strictly, I believe he’s making you packed lunches, he’s making supper at night.” To which Ellie replied: “He’s making everything, so yeah, he’s an alright cook,” before joking that she thinks “he could do a bit better".
“He needs to add the vegetables,” she continued: “He keeps forgetting the vegetables and is just giving me carbohydrates!" Claudia then joked: “Matt if you can hear this, then some broccoli, some peas." With Ellie interjecting that she would also quite like some spinach. The camera proceeded to show Matt sat in the audience, who gave a thumbs up in response.
Before making her debut on Strictly, Ellie said that she’s always loved the show and since she’s been announced as a participant fan response has been great. She added: “It just gets me emotional really.
I’m the first individual with dwarfism to do it in the UK. “When I was a kid, if I’d seen someone with dwarfism doing a dancing show on a Saturday night, it would just be something so special.”
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