Inside Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova's firm friendship

In his Strictly leaving speech back in 2021 Dan Walker gushed over his beautiful Ukrainian dancer partner Nadiya Bychkova. Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova regularly spend time in each other’s company and share snaps of their outings on Instagram It’s been reported that Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova’s ‘friendship’ is the talk of Strictly as stars of the show are ‘obsessed’ with how they are still so close four years after they were knocked out in the quarter-final of the competition in 2021 Because, in recent months, the two have been spotted together numerous times as Dan provides her with a shoulder to cry on following her split from her boyfriend, fellow professional dancer Kai Widdrington, in July last year Now it’s been reported that Dan Walker and Nadiya Bychkova’s ‘friendship’ is the talk of Strictly as stars of the show are ‘obsessed’ with how they are still so close. Dan has nicknamed Nadiya the ‘Yorkshire barmaid’ after she pretended to serve him a pint and attempt the county’s accent during a Strictly training session. Posting on Instagram, he wrote: ‘Thanks @NadiyaBychkova for the invite, to which she replies: “I am glad you enjoyed the show “two lobster emojis” they were brilliant.’ Apparently, Dan has been helping Nadiya to land lucrative brand deals in a bid to increase her Strictly income Then on November 17, Dan made the 230 mile round trip to Blackpool with his eldest daughter to see Nadiya perform for Strictly, despite being voted off with her partner Tom Dean six weeks before. Lovely to catch up with Nadiya Bychkova for the first time in a while although I still haven’t figured how to do the finger photo.’ He went on to share more details about his visit to the set, adding: ‘You will be pleased to hear that we grabbed some food and we did get chips with that Yorkshire Barmaid.’ Then there has been a visit to Dan’s Channel 5 show last December where he gave her a platform to promote her Strictly Christmas special dance partner Billy Monger.