Strictly fans notice huge show star went missing last weekend – did you spot it?
STRICTLY Come Dancing star Neil Jones was missing from last weekend’s show and it didn’t go unnoticed by fans.
The professional dancer welcomed his first child with his Love Island girlfriend Chyna Mills on Wednesday.
The couple shared the news with fans on Instagram with a sweet black-and-white photo of their baby’s feet.
Chyna said on Instagram: “Our hearts are so full.”
Neil added: “She’s everything.”
Their followers immediately rushed to congratulate them, with one saying: “Ahhhhh amazing!! Congratulations guys”
While another one wrote: “Ahhh congratulations to you both!”
Neil, who isn’t competing in the show this year, created speculation on Reddit after he missed the show.
However, everything became clear after the news of his little one was revealed.
“I wondered where he went last saturday, he didn’t make any background appearances at all,” one fan wrote.
“When I noticed he was absent on Saturday I wondered whether the baby was on the way,” a second replied
“Congrats Neil & Chyna on the (hopefully) safe arrival”, another added.
“Congrats to Neil and Chyna! We’ve got a new generation of potential pros with this little one and Janette and Aliasj’s daughter.”
The happy couple – who got engaged earlier this year – revealed they were pregnant with their first child in April.
Neil and Chyna officially started dating last September, after she caught his eye when she starred in Love Island just a few months earlier.
He is said to have enjoyed watching the ITV2 hit while on the Strictly Come Dancing tour bus.
Meanwhile, Neil previously revealed that he us convinced that their little one will turn out “stubborn” like Chyna.
Recalling the moment they attended a baby scan, he said: “During a scan the nurse tried to get the baby to turn.
“When she wouldn’t, the nurse joked, ‘This one’s quite stubborn,’ and I thought, ‘That’s like Chyna.’
“The baby even lies with her arms above her head and with her legs crossed – just like her mum. Her legs are really long, so she could be a model, too.”
Their happy news is also the likely reason why Neil did not get a celebrity partner on the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
The pro dancer has only had two celeb partners in his eight years on the show, Alex Scott and Nina Wadia, finishing fifth and 15th, respectively.