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Why Strictly star missed last week’s show and when will he return?

Stefan Davies and Dianne Buswell share Strictly update after missing live show through illness
  • Strictly Come Dancing contestant Stefan Dennis missed last week's show after suffering an episode of vertigo.
  • The 66-year-old Neighbours actor confirmed on It Takes Two that he received hospital care and is now recovered.
  • Dennis will return to the competition this week with his professional partner, Dianne Buswell, to dance a Charleston.
  • Buswell denied online conspiracy theories suggesting her own illness or pregnancy was the real reason for their absence.
  • She clarified that Dennis was genuinely unwell and that she is 'fine' and 'very capable', despite being pregnant.
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