Zara McDermott ‘passes out’ in Strictly rehearsals after brutal training day with partner Graziano
ZARA McDermott “passed out” during her latest Strictly Come Dancing rehearsal after clocking up more than 50K steps in a single day.
The Love Island alumni, 26, was captured conked out on the floor by BBC professional dance partner, Graziano Di Prima, 29, in a video posted to his Instagram page.
Graz told how Zara had “asked for five minutes break” before falling asleep on the floor, still wearing her pink training shorts, black vest and matching boots.
The BBC documentary maker is seen lying on her side, with her eyes firmly shut and resting her face on her hands.
The pair have made it through to Strictly Come Dancing‘s Week Six and are currently training for their Halloween routine.
They will dance the Charleston to Jeepers Creepers by Al Donahue and his Orchestra in the spook-tacular choreography.
As she re-posted the clip to her Instagram account, Zara admitted: “I think I’ve clocked around 50K steps already today with this routine.
“Give me a break please.”
Earlier this week, angry fans claimed Zara was being “pushed out” of Strictly.
Fans think she is being “stitched up” after being given the tricky Charleston.
“Yeah, Zara is absolutely f***ed. There are some latin/faster dances I could see her pulling off, but a Charleston is not one of them,” one wrote on a Reddit thread discussing Halloween night.
“I’m guessing both her and Angela will get the same approach, tons of tricks and as little footwork as possible to try and make the best of the situation, but… Woof,” they added.
The reality star-turned-documentary maker was shocked last week when she found herself in the bottom two.
After giving it her all in the dance-off against Eddie Kadi, she was saved by all of the judges.
Eddie and Karen performed their Samba to Calm Down by Rema and Selena Gomez.
Yet others claimed she had been given “preferential treatment” by show bosses.
Former Strictly star Brendan Cole also exclusively told The Sun how he thought Zara had been given a “free pass” in the series.