His professional dancer girlfriend was left devastated after her shockingly early exit from Strictly Come Dancing.
And Joe Sugg revealed that Dianne Buswell is ‘not OK’ after she and DJ Dev Griffin became the third couple to be eliminated from the BBC dancing show.
Speaking on Monday’s Lorraine, the star, 28, admitted he’s in ‘absolute shock’ over the result, with his words coming amid claims the vote was ‘fixed’.
Devastated: Joe Sugg revealed that Dianne Buswell is ‘not OK’ after she and DJ Dev Griffin became the third couple to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing
Sunday night saw Dianne, 30, and Dev, 34, come crashing out of the show after losing out in the dance-off to Emma Weymouth and Aljaz Skorjanec.
The result was perhaps all the more shocking seeing as the previous week they were right at the top of the leaderboard after bagging 36 out of 40 points for the excellent Couple’s Choice dance to Friend Like Me from Aladdin.
Responding to host Lorraine Kelly’s queries if Dianne was OK following the vote, the YouTube star responded: ‘No, not really, no.’
Joe, who began dating the flame-haired beauty after partnering with her on last year’s Strictly, added: ‘I really don’t think it should have been them to go, they had such potential.
Gutted: Speaking on Monday’s Lorraine, the star, 28, admitted he’s in ‘absolute shock’ over the result, with his words coming amid claims the vote was ‘fixed’
Speaking of Radio One DJ Dev, he continued: ‘He was brilliant, such an amazing student and it doesn’t seem… I don’t know, it’s weird. I don’t understand.’
Dianne and Dev’s exit was marred in controversy after several viewers claimed they couldn’t vote for the pair as their phone lines were not working.
As a result, fans branded the show a ‘fix’, with many threatening to ‘boycott’ the series altogether.
Amid the furore, Joe also told the host, 59, that ‘like the rest of the country’, he was was in a state of ‘absolute shock’, adding that he was ‘absolutely gutted’ for the duo.
Unexpected exit: Sunday night saw Dianne, 30, and Dev, 34, come crashing out of the show after losing out in the dance-off to Emma Weymouth and Aljaz Skorjanec
On the night, he also shared his dismay at the result in Instagram stories.
Alongside a snap of Dev and Dianne in action, he wrote: ‘ So gutted for these two. They were incredible – honestly so shocked.’
And with an arrow pointing at Dev, he added: ‘Tell me how that hip is not a 10?’
Viewers on Sunday night immediately took to Twitter to air their outrage after Dev and Dianne’s their designated ‘phone line wouldn’t accept calls’.
So tough: Responding to host Lorraine Kelly’s queries if Dianne was OK following the vote, the YouTube star responded: ‘No, not really, no’
Shock: Joe, who began dating the flame-haired beauty after partnering with her on last year’s Strictly, added: ‘I really don’t think it should have been them to go, they had such potential’
Fan Kirsty Powers, from South Wales, tweeted: ‘The voting phone line ain’t working for Dev and Dianne!!!! Works for some and not for others!!! Strictly sort it out they we[re] under scored!’
‘I tried to vote for Dev and Dianne and it didn’t work for me either!’ responded another viewer, while someone else tweeted: ‘If Dev and Di are out this week it’s because of the unfair scoring + phone line not working. Tonight show was an absolute fail.’
One furious fan of the show wrote: #Strictly is a fix!!! Dev and DIANNES phone line wasn’t working last night. can’t believe after all these years this is what it comes down to?! What a joke @dbuzz6589 you’re amazing and we all love you so much.’
At 8.57pm on Saturday night, the official Strictly Twitter account wrote: ‘There’s a high volume of calls tonight, so if you don’t get though first time keep trying! And remember you can vote online.’
Praise: Speaking of Radio One DJ Dev, he continued: ‘He was brilliant, such an amazing student and it doesn’t seem… I don’t know, it’s weird. I don’t understand’
Support: Alongside a snap of Dev and Dianne in action, he wrote: ‘ So gutted for these two. They were incredible – honestly so shocked’
A spokesperson for Strictly Come Dancing told MailOnline: ‘The phone line blockages impacted all contestants equally — and that the likelihood of getting through was not dependent upon the celebrity fans wanted to vote for.’
Viewers vowed to boycott Strictly as they were left seething over this weekend’s results, with one person tweeting: ‘Makes me not wanna watch anymore when bulls**t like this happens he was way better #Strictly.’
One fan sent a tweet to Dianne Buswell, which read: ‘I can’t believe you have left. You were amazing. My 12 year old daughter is refusing to watch anymore as she’s so upset.’
Furious: Viewers on Sunday night immediately took to Twitter to air their outrage after Dev and Dianne’s their designated ‘phone line wouldn’t accept calls’
Unimpressed: Viewers vowed to boycott Strictly as they were left seething over this weekend’s results
Another viewer tweeted: ‘not going to watch strictly this year after tonight. How was it fair that Dev went out if his phone line wasn’t working, and the fact that all the bad ones got overmarked. This is ridiculous!’
While someone else wrote: ‘I say we boycott strictly and just don’t watch it #strictlyresults,’ with another adding: ‘I’ll not watch Strictly ever again following this absolute outrage.’
As he learned of his fate on Sunday night, radio presenter Dev admitted his devastation, telling show host Tess Daly: ‘I’m not going to lie I am absolutely gutted.’
Crushed: As he learned of his fate on Sunday night, radio presenter Dev admitted his devastation, telling show host Tess Daly: ‘I’m not going to lie I am absolutely gutted’
Dev continued: ‘But, learning how to dance, hanging out with Dianne and the other pros and celebs… I’ve absolutely loved it.’
Following the show, Dianne broke down in tears as she believed partner Dev would reach the final.
The dancer couldn’t hold back her tears and had to be consoled by Dev as she clung on to him following the tough night.
Discussing how she believed they could get to the final, she told Dev: ‘I believed in you. 150,000,000 per cent.’
Strictly Come Dancing returns Saturday at 6.40pm on BBC One.
Heartbroken: Following the show, Dianne broke down in tears as she believed partner Dev would reach the final
