BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Johannes Radebe breaks silence on exit claims as fans respond

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Johannes Radebe has broken his silence on claims he will quit Strictly Come Dancing following the current series. The professional dancer is a firm favourite among fans having joined the show in 2018.

He made history three years later with baker John Whaite when the pair became the first all-male partnership to compete on the BBC One dance contest and they made it all the way to the final.

Johannes is now in training for week eight of Strictly's 20th-anniversary series with his celebrity dance partner Montell Douglas after they survived the dreaded dance-off last weekend following the first-ever 'Icons Week'. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Jamie Borthwick says 'we've left training' as fans say 'no wonder' But he couldn't help but respond to circulating rumours that he is poised to quit Strictly next year as he takes on his first big stage role in Kinky Boots.

Taking to Instagram on Thursday evening (November 7), Johannes shared a clip from the rehearsal room with his Olympian dance partner Montell and in a clip, was seen singing along to certain words of a song before he said: "I'm not going nowhere!" He then wrote alongside the post, which featured a screengrab of the headline in question: "I'm not going nowhere!