Strictly Come Dancing's Joe Sugg says it's 'real love' with Dianne Buswell after engagement rumours liennhi

Strictly Come Dancing's Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg(Image: Dianne Buswell Instagram)

Joe Sugg had shared why it's 'real love' with Dianne Buswell as she responded to rumours they are engaged after amost seven years together.

As fans will know, the loved-up couple met when they were paired together for the 2018 run of Strictly Come Dancing, where they made the final. 

They eventually came runners-up behind eventual winners Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton, who also became a couple after the series wrapped and have since welcomed their first child, Minnie, together.

But it was Dianne who recently sparked a thought among fans that she had a major update to share alongside her other half. The dancer was recently seen enjoying a break with Joe in South Africa as they attended their friend's wedding.

While Joe returned to the UK, Dianne headed over to Brisbane, where she seemingly did some work on a secret project before heading off to Perth to be reunited with her family. The trip ended up being longer than expected after Dianne sadly suffered the loss of her nan and her dad fell ill and needed emergency surgery.

But Dianne has since been reunited with Joe and has been seen heading back into work as she and her fellow Strictly star Vito Coppola prepare to tour the country together with their 'Red Hot and Ready' tour this summer.

Dianne and Joe recently spent time in South Africa for a friends wedding(Image: Joe Sugg Instagram)

The pair of pros appeared on Good Morning Britain to discuss the upcoming shows on Monday (March 31) but host Susanna Reid wasted no time in addressing rumours the dancer is engaged after fans recently spotted Dianne wearing a ring on what is traditionally classed as the 'wedding finger' in her social media posts.

She said: "I want to ask you because there was a lot of speculation about the fact that you might have got engaged over the last couple of days..." Dianne let out a screech before she replied: "It's a really funny story! I was in Australia and it's quite hot over there."

She continued to explain: "I had just flown in and my fingers get a little bit swollen on the plane. So, I had a couple of rings on my right hand, which I do. But, because they were swollen, I had to take them off, and I put them on my left hand."

Dianne admitted she didn't realise that was the finger an engagement ring or wedding band may traditionally sit and added: "I'm taking pictures with my family and I put them online so everyone thought I was engaged. I'm not engaged." 

Joe shared the post on social media(Image: Dianne Buswell Instagram)

But Joe clearly couldn't be without Dianne as the YouTube favourite shared a post about his girlfriend on social media amidst his training for the upcoming London Marathon.

Joe will attempt to complete the 26.2-mile course for Age UK and at the time of writing, was just shy of reaching half of his donation target of £2,000. 

Over the weekend, Joe shared an update from his latest training run as he returned to his Brighton home where he got Dianne involved in the post-run cool down.

Sharing a picture of her in the middle of massaging him, with the photo taken prior to the 27km run, Joe wrote on his Instagram Story: "Real love is massaging your partner's bum cheeks before a run [red heart emoji] @diannebuswell."