Joe Sugg refers to Strictly's Dianne Buswell as ‘my wife' before she asks awkward question
Joe Sugg once referred to Dianne Buswell as "my wife", before she quizzed him on whether he had an engagement ring in his pocket. The YouTube sensation opened up about his relationship with the Australian dancer on the In Sickness and in Health podcast, hosted by James and Clair Buckley, recalling their first meeting on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.
Their love story began on the 16th series of Strictly, with the couple confirming their relationship on Instagram shortly after the Grand Final, where they competed, but narrowly missed out on the trophy to Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton.
Over the course of the show, Dianne ended her relationship with her then-partner, Emmerdale's Anthony Quinlan. However, after the series concluded, Joe expressed that although he didn't win the glitterball trophy, he had "won something a million times more special".
Since then, the famous pair have taken their relationship to the next level, moving in together and purchasing their first home in February 2021. Fans are eagerly awaiting news of an engagement.
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Reflecting on their initial meeting on the popular BBC dance show during a joint appearance on the podcast last year, Joe opened up about his experience on the genealogy programme, 'Who Do You Think You Are?'.
He found it "nice" to learn about how his grandparents and great-grandparents met, leading him to draw parallels between traditional courtship methods and his own romance with Dianne.
He went on: "Back in the old days, it was all through like dances, and they'd get up and go, 'May I have this dance?' That kind of thing. So like, technically, I can say I met my...my erm.."
At that point, someone interjected to clarify if he was referring to his wife, prompting him to correct this by saying "partner". Concurrently, Dianne couldn't help but join in, exclaiming: "Oh, you're dead! Have you got a ring in your pocket now?".
Joe carried on: "In the future, it will be like, 'Oh, I met my wife through dancing, technically, and you can watch the moment we met'. It's gonna be really weird. You can like watch the moment that we met, I guess, on camera'."
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Dianne has not been shy about dropping significant hints about getting engaged to Joe, previously making a similar remark during her own podcast.
On an instalment of Winning Isn't Everything, which she co-hosts with fellow Strictly sensation Chris McCausland, she gestured to her ring finger asking: "What's that one, your best friend finger?".
With a touch of humour, Chris quipped that it's the digit "Joe's done nothing with". Dianne agreed, noting "exactly" and the necessity to remind Joe "what that finger holds".
She concluded by expressing: "That finger is feeling very lonely, it needs something to weigh it down with."
You can catch Joe's appearance on The Chase Celebrity Special on ITV on Sunday, July 13, from 5.40pm to 6.30pm.
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