The former BBC Breakfast host was one of the stars of last year’s series, and made it through to the quarter-finals.
With the celebrity announcements for the upcoming 20th series now underway, Dan has shot down anyone criticising the show’s star bookings.
“Will never get my head around the ‘never heard of them’ crew when you see someone announced on Strictly who you don’t know much about,” he tweeted on Saturday.
“Get on Google, learn a bit about them. Looking forward to seeing the full set of this year’s bunch.”
He was met with more than his share of backlash during last year’s run when he and his professional partner Nadiya Bychkova kept evading the dance-off, despite repeatedly coming in at the bottom of the leaderboard.
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