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Strictly Come Dancing pro Amy Dowden has addressed the backlash to her dance partner Thomas Skinner after their exit from the competition.

The Apprentice star and entrepreneur was the first to exit the BBC show on Sunday night, after weeks of facing abuse and even death threats on social media.

Their fate in the competition was sealed when they landed in the first dreaded dance-off opposite former England rugby star Chris Robshaw and his partner Nadiya Bychkova, who the judges unanimously chose to save.

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The entrepreneur and former Apprentice star had been in the spotlight before the show even started, with fans calling for him to be removed from the competition over his politic

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