Strictly partners Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał may be more than just a dance duo, or at least that's what Pete's friend Sam Thompson seems to think.
Speaking about his friend's Strictly journey on This Morning, Sam mused on how the BBC's dance competition fosters intimacy between participants.
"I think they're in love," he said of Pete and Jowita.
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"It's probably platonic, but he cares about her so much, the way he speaks about her is so lovely, I've never seen it before," he continued.
"I'm interviewing them and he won't even look at me. They're just looking at each other, they're touching each other, they've got their little inside jokes. It's so intimate. Strictly is so intimate."
Quizzed about whether he'd like to see Pete and Jowita become more than friends, Sam told This Morning co-presenter Dermot O'Leary he'd just like to see him happy.
"I just want to see him happy, he's one of the best people I know," he said.
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Pete and Jowita first danced a Paso Doble to 'Breathe' by The Prodigy, while Week 2 saw them trying to wow the judges with an American Smooth to 'I Had Some Help' by Post Malone and Morgan Wallen.
Sam and his girlfriend, Love Island and former Strictly star Zara McDermott, attended this Strictly season's first live show earlier this month to cheer on Pete. The couple went all out to show their support for their friend, rocking customised T-shirts and jeans covered with pictures of Pete's face.
Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturdays on BBC One, while spin-off Strictly: It Takes Two airs on weeknights on BBC Two. Both shows are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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