Former Strictly Come Dancing icon Judi Love confessed her dance partner acted like her “therapist” during their time together on the BBC One dance competition.
Last year, the Loose Women panellist blew viewers away with her impressive dance moves alongside her professional dance partner Graziano Di Prima on the hugely popular ballroom show.
The dancing duo made it all the way through to week seven where she sadly lost out to her fellow celebrity contestant Adam Peaty and his partner Katya Jones.
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As the comedian continues to cheer on her former dance partner during the 20th series, the mum-of-two admitted that the Italian dancer helped her overcome her insecurities.
In an exclusive interview with Daily Star , the raven-haired beauty revealed their friendship had grown extremely close during the countless hours spent together in the dance studios.
Looking back across their time on the show together, she admitted the 28-year-old had almost become a therapist to her and even helped her overcome some of her insecurities.
When asked if she still keeps in touch with the pro dancer, she said: "Yeah, I speak to Graz all the time and his wife Giada and I'm just championing him.
"These dancers are so professional, they're like little therapists. They really pull out the 'You can do this' [in us]."
But that didn't mean watching the ballroom hunk with a new dance partner one year later was any easier, as she compared her partnership with the dancer to online dating.
She explained: "I say it's like online dating – you haven't met, then you meet and you're like, 'Oh my God, I’m in love'.
"Then you have that time to start to show off your pictures online and then you get voted out and that's like your breakup.
"And then all of a sudden you don't have pictures together and the next time you see him with someone else and you're like, 'He's dating someone else…'."
It comes after the TV personality opened up about the "dedication" that goes into being on the beloved ballroom competition.
Speaking to the Metro.co.uk on the red carpet of the 2022 Ethnicity Awards, Judi gushed that the show was an "amazing" experience.
She went on to recognise the amount of “dedication” that goes into producing and performing on the show each week.
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She told the publication: "I appreciate it more now that I did it last year. It's an amazing show, and you can watch people's skills grow week by week.
"I don't think people understand how much dedication is put into being in that show – in front of the camera and behind the camera as well."
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