Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman confirm Strictly exit in shock announcement – see statement

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman have announced they will be leaving Strictly Come Dancing after the latest series ends. The pair announced the news on Instagram on Thursday and said in a joint statement that “now feels like the right time” for them to depart the BBC show.

In a video, Tess said, “After 21 wonderful years on Strictly, we have decided that the time is right to step aside and pass over the baton.”Tess and Claudia’s statement”We have loved working as a duo and hosting Strictly has been an absolute dream. We were always going to leave together and now feels like the right time. We will have the greatest rest of this amazing series and we just want to say an enormous thank you to the BBC and to every single person who works on the show. They’re the most brilliant team and we’ll miss them every day.

“We will cry when we say the last ‘keep dancing’ but we will continue to say it to each other. Just possibly in tracksuit bottoms at home while holding some pizza.”What have viewers said about the announcement?Viewers shared their devastation in the comments section, with one person writing: “NOOOOOOO. The best presenting team on telly,” while another added: “End of an amazing era! What a team!”