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What did Strictly Come Dancing’s Saffron Barker say about suicide?

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Saffron Barker at the Strictly Come Dancing launch 2019
Saffron Barker is partnering AJ Pritchard on the show (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)

Strictly Come Dancing’s Saffron Barker is sitting pretty in fifth place on the leaderboard as the competition enters its second week.

The beauty and lifestyle vlogger and dance partner AJ Pritchard will take on the Paso Doble for Movie Week, featuring iconic films and the songs from them.

Saffron is well-accustomed to the spotlight with four million subscribers on YouTube, a best-selling book titled Saffron Barker Vs Real Life, and three successful homeware ranges at Primark.

Despite her successes, the 19-year-old previously managed to raise eyebrows with comments made surrounding suicide in a historic video.

What happened? Here’s what you need to know…

What did Saffron Barker say about suicide?

In the video, which resurfaced after the Strictly line-up was announced, Saffron was filmed ranting about a train journey.

Saffron Barker and partner AJ Pritchard on Strictly Come Dancing
Saffron was in fifth place on the leaderboard after the first two weeks of competition (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC)

The social media star and other travellers faced delays after someone was hit by a train.

In the video, she can be heard saying: ‘[The journey should have taken] 50 minutes, but instead it took me found and a half hours. So that was amazing.

‘So basically, obviously it’s really sad, someone did get hit by a train, but it meant that I couldn’t get home and it wasn’t just I couldn’t get home, it was the most stressful thing.

‘They weren’t doing no buses to help anyone, I was in an hour taxi line, stood in the cold for an hour taxi line.’

After the video came to light, a representative for Saffron told Metro.co.uk in a statement: ‘Saffron sincerely apologised straight after this incident, it’s a comment she regrets and it’s now in the past.’

Need support? Contact the Samaritans

For emotional support you can call the Samaritans 24-hour helpline on 116 123, email jo@samaritans.org, visit a Samaritans branch in person or go to the Samaritans website.

Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One on Saturday night at 7.10pm

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