Strictly star sets record straight on ‘birth announcement’

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25 Feb 2026 • 9:42 PM MYT
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A Strictly Come Dancing star has spoken out about fake AI-generated images falsely claiming that his partner has had a baby.

Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell, who met on the BBC dancing competition in 2018, are expecting their first child together.

The YouTuber, 34, said his family and friends had been misled by a fake photo claiming that Buswell had given birth.

"I'm still very much pregnant," Buswell remarked in a video the pair recorded together to set the record straight.