Strictly Come Dancing star Hamza Yassin has been winning the hearts of the nation thanks to his moves in the ballroom. But it appears there's no one that has his heart - in the romantic sense - right now as he opened up about his love life.
The wildlife cameraman and presenter is currently impressing on the dancefloor with his professional partner Jowita Przystal. Last Saturday night, the pair had another triumphant night in the ballroom with their Cha Cha Cha to the Four Tops track I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bun).
Hamza and Jowita's routine went down a storm with the BBC One dance contest's judges and almost earned themselves their first perfect score with 10s from Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke. But Craig Revel Horwood did have some critiques and stuck with his nine paddle.
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It still put them at top of the leaderboard, just a couple of points ahead of Gorka Marquez and Helen Skelton and Kym Marsh and Graziano Di Prima who came joint second with scores of 37.
But as the competition progresses, fans want to know more about who they're watching on screen and voting for each week and Hamza has now opened up about his love life. He shared how his lives in such a remote area that his closest shopping town is a long two-and-a-half hours away.
And he admits living so remotely and needing to constantly travel for work is not a good combination when it comes to finding love. Speaking to The Guardian, he said: "My job doesn't really allow for a relationship.
"How can you sustain a relationship, like: 'I’m sending you a text message from a satellite phone, because I’m in the Arctic for two months'. It’s more of a job kind of problem, rather than a place, though the place definitely adds to it."
The Countryfile cameraman also admitted he has been bombarded with plenty of message and proposals from viewers, - branding it 'pretty weird'. He said: "I have been getting loads of messages. Let’s just say I’m getting people declaring their love for me.
"It’s pretty weird as all you hear is, ‘We love you, Hamza!’ It’s kind of crazy. I think it’s amazing that people are supportive – it’s fantastic – but I’m not used to it."
Elsewhere, Hamza has also shared how he's dropped an astonishing amount of weight since joining Strictly Come Dancing, which will be in week nine as of Saturday (November 12). Hamza said to OK: "Yeah, so I was 118.6kg when I first started Strictly. Now I’m 112.5kg. So it’s roughly a kilo a week. I feel fitter, healthier. I have more of a spring in my step."
But he did confess that some elements of the dancing is taking its toll. He said: "Each week, it’s a different part of the body that hates me because you’re using a different part for that particular dance. I’ve been having ice baths to try to recover. I sit in them for 45 minutes every evening, basically until the ice melts and then get up and have a shower. I’m literally freezing my glitterballs!"
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