{"id":141130,"date":"2025-11-18T11:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/141130\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:50:05","slug":"strictlys-vicky-pattison-addresses-mystery-absence-from-it-takes-two-following-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/141130\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly\u2019s Vicky Pattison addresses mystery absence from It Takes Two following elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Strictly Come Dancing eliminee Vicky Pattison, who was eliminated from the contest on Sunday night<\/a>, has addressed her absence from Monday night\u2019s episode of spin-off show It Takes Two, after fans have expressed their worry.<\/p>\n

Eliminated contestants on the BBC One dance competition traditionally appear on It Takes Two on Monday nights, a day after they are booted from the contest. However, It Takes Two host Fleur East sparked speculation after making an ambiguous comment about Pattinson and her partner Kai Widdrington at the start of last night\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis weekend we sadly said goodbye to Vicky and Kai,\u201d East said. \u201cThey can\u2019t be with us tonight but will be joining us later on in the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans expressed their confusion on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo Vicky & Kai on It Takes Two tonight. Hope things are ok,\u201d wrote one person.<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cYou mean I just spent the last half an hour rushing to get Vicky\u2019s stats breakdown done and they\u2019re not even on #ItTakesTwo tonight?!\u201d<\/p>\n

On her Instagram, Pattison clarified that all is well, confirming that she was unable to make the appearance due to prior birthday commitments. The Geordie Shore star turned 38 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"VickyVicky Pattison explained her \u2018It Takes Two\u2019 absence on her Instagram (Vicky Pattison)<\/p>\n

Alongside photographs of Pattison blowing out the candles on a massive birthday cake, she wrote: \u201cA gorgeous evening celebrating with my friends and family! Sorry if anyone was expecting to see me on It Takes Two tonight!\u201d<\/p>\n

She continued: \u201cMy lovely Strictly family gave me the night off to enjoy my birthday! Me and [Kai Widdrington] will be on [It Takes Two] Wednesday and I can\u2019t wait!\u201d<\/p>\n

Pattison and Widdrington were eliminated from the competition on Sunday, after their jive failed to impress the judges. A decision was made, following a dance-off, to put through the pair\u2019s rivals Balvinder Sopal and her professional partner Julian Caillon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI let my nerves get in the way,\u201d Pattison told co-host Tess Daly in her exit interview, having been noticeably anxious during the results show. \u201cI\u2019m so, so gutted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pattison\u2019s exit was particularly saddening as next week\u2019s Strictly shows take place in Blackpool, a special week considered a high-point for dancers and their partners on the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture emailGet the latest entertainment news…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-141130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}