Dianne Buswell gives update on marriage plans as Joe Sugg reveals big fear

Strictly Come Dancing winner Dianne Buswell met her partner, YouTuber Joe Sugg, on the BBC dance competition in 2017 and the pair are still going strong to this day

Dianne Buswell fell head over heels for Joe Sugg when they were paired on Strictly Come Dancing eight years ago.

It seemed love was in the air during the 2017 series, as romance blossomed for runners-up Dianne and Joe, 33, and also for winners Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton. However, before Dianne and Joe found a connection, the dancer, 35, was dating soap star Anthony Quinlan, who starred in both Hollyoaks and Emmerdale.

Just a few months after their break-up, Dianne went public with Joe. At the time, YouTuber Joe broke the happy news by posting an adorable photo of the pair gazing lovingly into one another's eyes on social media. He gushed: "I may not have won the Glitterball, but I've won something a million times more special."

Before Joe's sweet announcement, Dianne's ex-boyfriend Anthony denied that their relationship ended due to the dreaded Strictly curse and insisted that he and Dianne were still 'good friends'. He said: "I'm actually rooting for Joe and Dianne. They're doing absolutely amazing in Strictly and I still think the world of the girl. We were really close, it just wasn't meant to be."

Since then, Strictly fans have enjoyed seeing Dianne and Joe's relationship go from strength-to-strength as they regularly share loved-up snaps on their romantic getaways, with their families - including Joe's famous older sister, Zoe Sugg. In 2021, the couple cemented their future together when they bought their first home together.

Although they live happily in their £3.5million London home, Dianne and Joe appear to be in no rush to get married or have children any time soon. Back in 2021, Dianne said that marriage wasn't on the cards for them – just yet. She admitted that her career comes first, and that she and Joe were 'playing their marriage by ear'.

"I plan my work a lot, but that's probably as far as I go with planning. I'm quite an unorganised person actually," she confessed. "Joe and I don't really talk about that kind of thing. We're both so relaxed so we just play it by ear. We really enjoy each other's company so much and whatever happens, happens."

While they haven't spoken about marriage, Dianne is very much excited to share a family with Joe some day. In a 2022 interview, Australian-born Dianne said that she and Joe are hoping to start a family 'when it feels right' – admitting that much like their marriage plans, they are in no rush to take the next steps in their love story.

And while Dianne has previous relationship experience, Joe recently admitted that Dianne is his first 'proper' girlfriend. When they met, Joe was 27, and didn't have a lot of romantic relationship experience. Speaking to The Sunday Times back in 2021, Joe confessed: "Dianne is my first girlfriend. Other than, like, my penpal from when I was 10."

Sharing his initial fears of going public with Dianne, doting Joe explained at the time: "My audience was very protective over me. But they instantly accepted Dianne, because we were partnered on Strictly, so after the show finished and we got together, they already felt like they knew her well."

And lifting the lid on their sweet romance, Joe said that he and Dianne rarely row with one another as their relationship is equally as relaxed and as chilled as they are. "We very rarely have full-blown rows. Dianne's very messy, so even on camera I'd take the mick that she's left the room like a bombsite. I think it's good to keep things like that in, because especially if you've got younger people watching, you could otherwise give them a false idea that being in a couple is all rainbows and daisies," he said.

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