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Nikita Kuzmin took a moment during the Strictly Come Dancing live show on Saturday night (December 13) to address the wave of 'hate' aimed at his celebrity partner Amber Davies . Amber, 29, was not originally supposed to be a contestant on this series of Strictly .

The former Love Island winner, who has since starred in popular musicals such as Pretty Woman, 9 to 5 and The Great Gatsby, was brought in at the eleventh hour after fellow Love Island champion, Dani Dyer, had to withdraw due to a severe injury sustained during rehearsals.

Amber's dance and performance background immediately raised some eyebrows when she joined Strictly, especially following the recent controversy surrounding another stand-in contestant, Lewis Cope, and his West End history. Both Amber, se

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