Strictly Come Dancing's Layton Williams responds to criticism and confirm's 'I've gone for a man' in partner update

Strictly Come Dancing star Layton Williams has confirmed 'I've gone for a man' as he responded to a negative comment about his choices for the upcoming series. The actor and West End star is among the 15 famous faces who have signed up for the 21st series of the BBC One dance contest.

He'll join the likes of Angela Rippon, newsreader Krishnan Guru-Murthy, former Love Island star Zara McDermott, Waterloo Road star Adam Thomas and entertainer Les Dennis in the ballroom when the Striclty juggernaut returns later this month (September).

And while fans have to wait until the launch show to discover which celebrities have been partnered with which professional dancer, the stars of the programme already know and some have been sharing their reactions on social media.

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Among those to tease their partnership was Layton. The Bad Education star took to Instagram with a video, originally shared to TikTok, in which he could be seen basking in the sun. "Me, minutes before I met my Strictly PRO," a message over the video read.

In an update, he captioned the post to his 139,000 followers: "Happy to say, I'm HAPPY!" And fans were rushing to share who they think it could be, or their hope of who it could be.

@katie_grazs_little_princess said: "I would so love this to be Graz." @nicolaalcock commented: "Can’t wait to find out, I hope it’s Johannes." @__.__.__sarah__.__.__ wrote: "Please be johannes." @paulalamportxx replied: "I think Graz too!!! Get those heels on!!!!" @nicolalfogg added: "Omg I need to know. Hoping its you and Gorka!"

But some weren't as supportive of Layton's planned all-male partnership as they wrote: "I really hope you haven't