Strictly star Amber Davies has addressed the backlash over her previous dance experience during an appearance on This Morning alongside her professional partner, Nikita Kuzmin . Speaking to hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley on Wednesday morning, Amber shared her thoughts on the criticism she’s received about her performance background as a West End actor. Amber had just 48 hours notice to prepare for her Strictly debut, after filling in last-minute for Dani Dyer .

"I wanna say I think the ballroom and Latin community know that musical theatre are worlds apart from each other," the 29-year-old explained.

When Ben probed: "So when you get criticism from people saying, 'Oh, she's a professional dancer she shouldn't be doing it," Amber replied: "I do understand where they c

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