Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left gobsmacked over host Tess Daly’s “embarrassing” remark to Chris McCausland.
The comedian and pro partner Dianne Buswell performed a Quickstep to a track from Anything Goes on Saturday night (November 30). The pair dazzled on the dancefloor with the number during Musicals Week.
However, fans were left cringing when Tess said to Chris and Dianne as they celebrated their dance, “can you see how happy she is with you”. This comment was seen as insensitive as Chris is blind due to a condition called retinitis pigmentosa.
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Outraged fans took to social media to complain, with one tweeting: “No Tess, Chris can’t see how happy he made Dianne…… #strictly.” Another wrote: “Surely Tess didn’t just ask Chris ‘can you see how happy she is with you? ‘ #Strictly.”
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A third shared: “Tess saying to Chris ‘can you see how happy she is? ‘….um no Tess, he can’t #Strictly,” while a fourth penned: “Tess just asked Chris if he could see how happy Diane was….”, reports the Mirror.
A fifth added: “did tess actually just say “can you see how happy she is with you” to chris. a blind man.” Another echoed: “Did um…did Tess really just ask “can you see how happy she is with you?
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Chris previously confessed he was “terrified” to be the first blind contestant on the show. telling The Guardian: “When you weigh that up, and you stop thinking about yourself so much, and the fact that you’re s***ting your pants, there becomes more benefit than risk. ” In a separate interview, he explained his blindness is hereditary, but he’s determined to not let it define him.
Speaking to Big Issue, he said: “Being blind wasn’t just something that happened to me, it was hereditary. Nan was blind, my mum was losing her sight. It was always treated as just part of life, so you get on with it. That’s fed into my way of viewing it.
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He addedL “But I did always think, things are moving so fast, we’ve got the internet now, surely there will be a cure and I’ll be able to see by the time I’m 30. I mean 40. I mean… and it just moves on and on.”
He also opened up about coming to terms with his condition, saying: “When you’re losing your sight gradually, there’s never a clear moment when you are forced to deal with it. I’d refuse to be associated with things connected to it, like, ‘I’m not using a stick, I’m going to pretend I can see’.
But you get into more trouble pretending there’s nothing wrong. It wasn’t until I lost my sight completely that I accepted it.”
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