Johannes Radebe has revealed his future on Strictly Come Dancing amid exit rumours - after bagging a lead role in a West End musical.
The dancer, 38 - who joined the BBC show as a professional dancer in 2018 - took on the role of Lola in Kinky Boots The Musical UK Tour earlier this year.
And it was revealed on Monday that he will be back on stage to reprise the role at the London Coliseum between 17 March to 22 July 2026.
Chatting with Ben Shephard, 50, and Cat Deeley, 48, on Monday's episode of This Morning, chat soon turned to what will happen with his role in the popular dance competition.
Ben said: 'Strictly is coming back soon though... Please reassure us that you are going to be in the line-up?!'
Johannes replied: 'They are going to have to drag me off that show with my sequins.

Johannes Radebe has revealed his future on Strictly Come Dancing amid exit rumours - after bagging a lead role in a West End musical

And it was revealed on Monday that he will be back on stage to reprise the role at the London Coliseum between 17 March to 22 July 2026

Chatting with Ben Shephard , 50, and Cat Deeley , 48, on Monday's episode of This Morning, chat soon turned to what will happen with his role in the popular dance competition
'I am not going anywhere.
'Ben, my life would be dull. That is a sparkling world that I live in and I can't tell you what a privilege it is to be a part of it every single year, to be called back.'
Cat pointed out how special some of the relationships he has made over the years since joining the programme seven years ago.
Johannes said: 'Listen, I've been blessed with including partners through the years.'
He added: 'That is why I love the show, what it does, the community it builds, the reach it has.'
The show's official synopsis reads: 'After inheriting his family’s failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price.
'That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business.'
It has left some questioning if he'll return to Strictly as the show typically starts every year in September.

Speaking about being on Strictly, Johannes said: 'Ben, my life would be dull. That is a sparkling world that I live in and I can't tell you what a privilege it is to be a part of it every single year, to be called back'

The show's official synopsis reads: 'After inheriting his family’s failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola (Johannes pictured), a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business'
Typically training for the professional dancers starts in July, while the famous faces join them in August.
Taking to Instagram, Johannes said earlier today: 'I left my township in Zamdela at the age of 21, to dance in the ensemble on a cruise ship.
'Every night we did ABBA.
'That was my dream come true.
'Never then, nor since then, was it in my wildest dreams that I would have the opportunity to star in a musical in London’s West End.
'And not just any musical - my favourite musical. Kinky Boots.
'My involvement in Kinky Boots has been six years in the making, and Lola was the only role I ever wanted to play.
'Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper have written a show about accepting people for who they are, and the love our production has received across the U.K. has been overwhelming, beautiful and life changing.
'The theatre community has welcomed me, and I am having the time of my life.
'It is the greatest honour and responsibility to bring the show to the world famous, iconic London Coliseium theatre.
'I’ll be walking in the footsteps of theatre and entertainment giants who have performed on that stage, and I’ll be doing it in my own sequined pair of red, leather Kinky Boots.
'I cannot wait. Thank you, and see you next year.'