Danny Dyer made an appearance on Strictly Come Dancing to support his daughter Dani
Danny Dyer looked like a proud dad after his daughter Dani’s first live Strictly Come Dancing performance.
The Love Island star is one of many famous faces taking part in this year’s series of the glitzy BBC One show. Dani has joined the likes of Lacey Turner, Lawrence Robb and Jamie Winstone to show off their best moves.
The daughter of Danny Dyer was confirmed as a contestant for the 2025 series but was forced to withdraw from last year’s competition just before the launch show was filmed following a shock exit due to a fractured ankle.
And on Saturday (September 26), the first live Strictly episode aired, in which the celebs took to the dance floor for the first time. As for Dani, she and her pro partner Nikita Kuzmin performed a Samba to Lush Life by Zara Larsson.
The performance went down a treat with the audience and her famous actor dad Danny, who was sat in the crowd with her sister, standing up to give Dani a standing ovation while her sister Sunnie wiped away proud tears. Dani bagged a total score of 22 from the judges.
Reacting to Danny’s appearance, one person on X said: “That was a wonderful dance from Dani Dyer. Danny Dyer looks like a proud father…” Another added: “Danny Dyer in the audience klaxon!”
Meanwhile, another show watcher joked: “Danny Dyer in the audience. Can’t wait for Ray Winston’s joining him. The judges will be terrified! #strictly.”
It comes after Dani opened up about her Strictly return and how she has changed rehearsals to make sure she doesn’t get another injury.
Dani’s dance partner Nikita explained: “Oh, we are doing a lot of strapping. We are strapping everything. Absolutely everything.”
To which Dani added: “I’ve got, like, my tape and everything, haven’t I?” with Nikita continuing: “We have tape, then we have an ankle brace, then we have a shoe, we do exercises. We are going full out.”
With Dani admitting: “Yeah, we really do. I had a wedding on Saturday and I taped my feet… Yeah, because I had to wear heels and I was like, I’m taping my feet. So, yeah, a little bit OTT.”
Strictly Come Dancing airs every weekend on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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