Stacey Dooley: Strictly pro Kevin Clifton takes cheeky swipe at contestant 'Low blow'
STACEY DOOLEY’S Strictly Come Dancing 2018 partner Kevin Clifton took a cheeky swipe at his dance partner by comparing her to her dog Bernie on Instagram today.
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Strictly Come Dancing professional Kevin Clifton, 36, cheekily compared Stacey Dooley, 31, to her pooch, leaving some of his 220,000 followers unimpressed.
The dancer uploaded a split picture of his parnter and her dog, with the caption: “Sometimes dogs and their owners start to look like each other @sjdooley.”
Many of his fans flocked to his page to comment on the upload.
One user wrote: “That was brave!! PS You both look gorgeous xx.”
Sometimes dogs and their owners start to look like each other
A second commented: “OMG that's so funny, Kevin, Stacey is going to kill you.”
Stacey’s Strictly co-star Lauren Steadman, 25, also saw the funny side to the snap, commenting: “This is hilarious!!!”
Others seemed shocked by his upload, with another writing: “Oooo low blow."
A fifth penned: “Someone's asking for a whoopin' @keviclifton.”
Kevin’s upload comes just a day after he and Stacey reunited with his former dance partners Susanna Reid and Susan Calman.
The latter shared a snap of the quartet posing together at an event.
Susan captioned the picture: “Reboot of Charlie’s Angels is looking pretty amazing. @keviclifton @susannareid100 @StaceyDooley.”
Last week, Stacey and Kevin impressed the public and judges with their Street and Commercial routine to Empire State of Mind (Part II) by Alicia Keys.
The dancing duo scored themselves 36 out of 40 points and was praised by the four judges.
Head judge Shirley Ballas told them: “A modern twist on Street Commercial, fantastic. It doesn't matter what style, you have grown incredibly.”
Craig Revel Horwood commented: “Absolutely everything I love.”
Following their impressive routine, one Twitter user hit out at Kevin and Stacey insisting they had been overmarked.
In a now-deleted tweet, the social media user commented: “A brilliant dance BUT absolutely wasn’t ‘street’ by any stretch of the imagination.
“Judges should have picked up on how they strayed off remit and marked them down.”
Kevin responded to the Twitter user, writing: “Hi James. It doesn’t have to be street.
“It was a commercial routine which is one of the categories of couples choice this year,” followed by a thumbs up emoji.
This week, Stacey and Kevin will perform the Waltz to Moon River by Audrey Hepburn.
Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday at 7pm on BBC One.