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<\/p>\nZara McDermott bickered with Graziano Di Prima on Thursday as they put the finishing touches to their\u00a0Charleston ahead of the weekend’s live show.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Love Island star, 26, found herself in the dreaded dance-off for a second time last week and has been undergoing gruelling rehearsals to ensure it doesn’t happen again.<\/p>\n
Yet the intense schedule took its toll, with Zara left suffering from extreme exhaustion and sleeping on the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After Graziano shared a video of Zara napping she was quick to hit back by claiming she had done ‘double the workload’ of her professional partner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the Italian dancer revealed ‘She asked me 5 minutes break @zaramcdermott’, Zara reposted the clip by adding: ‘I think I’ve clocked about 50k steps already today with this routine. Give me a break pls?’<\/p>\n
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Oh dear:\u00a0Zara McDermott bickered with Graziano Di Prima on Thursday as they put the finishing touches to their Charleston ahead of the weekend’s live show<\/p>\n
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Struggling: The intense schedule took its toll, with Zara left suffering from extreme exhaustion and sleeping on the floor<\/p>\n
She later shared a selfie of herself heading to rehearsals that she captioned: ‘Graz just had the audacity to call me and tell me his legs hurt after rehearsals yesterday when he spent 50% of the day sitting down and analysing me doing the routine on my own.<\/p>\n
‘HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL MATE @grazianodiprima.’<\/p>\n
Graziano was quick to defend himself, posting a video as he explained: ‘I just want to reply about Zara’s story saying that I was seated. I am seated but I am still working correcting her.’<\/p>\n
Zara then chipped in: ‘I did double the workload to you yesterday and you have the audacity to say your legs hurt!’<\/p>\n
As Graziano responded: ‘who has been correcting you?’ Zara hit back with ‘who’s been doing the work?’ but conceded when Graziano added: ‘who’s making you perfect?’<\/p>\n
Zara also shared a snap inside the dance studio and penned: ‘It’s our last day of training today before Halloween week!!\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I definitely woke up this morning feeling the nerves and pressure to make myself proud this weekend, I realised that is down to ME and how much I believe in myself, and how much I put into that performance on Saturday night. I am in control of that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I somehow managed to give myself a pep talk in the mirror and now all my nerves have GONE! I am just excited to go and have FUN!!!!!!\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Just shows the power of the mind & perspective.’<\/p>\n
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Hitting back:\u00a0After Graziano shared a video of Zara napping she was quick to hit back by claiming she had done ‘double the workload’ of her professional partner<\/p>\n
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Defence:\u00a0Graziano was quick to defend himself as he explained, ‘I just want to reply about Zara’s story saying that I was seated. I am seated but I am still working correcting her’<\/p>\n
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Feeling good:\u00a0Zara also shared a snap inside the dance studio as she revealed she was trying to focus on positive thinking ahead of the next live show\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Zara appeared on It Takes Two to\u00a0discuss\u00a0<\/span>narrowly avoiding elimination for the second time\u00a0during the competition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Zara explained: ‘Dance off’s don’t get any easier. My nerves got the better of me and I am doing anything I can to work on it this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘This is scary and its daunting no matter how much you rehearse.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I’m so grateful for this man his has been my rock. He always brings the energy and the positivity.’<\/p>\n \u00a0Sam Thompson\u00a0admitted he ‘could have done more’ for girlfriend Zara\u00a0after she narrowly avoided elimination for the second time.\u00a0<\/p>\n After failing to impress with their Pasodoble in week three, the pair were back in the bottom two on Sunday evening – only to be saved at the expense of comedian Eddie Kadi and professional partner Karen Hauer.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Zara’s boyfriend Made In Chelsea star Sam, 31, admitted that he partially blames himself for her appearance in the bottom two.\u00a0<\/p>\n He revealed that he had been distracted by another priority during the week – but would come back ‘stronger’ to support her performance on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n On his radio show, Hits UK with Sam, he shared with his listeners: ‘Zara was in the dance off again! It’s happening all too often and it’s very hard to take as a boyfriend because she comes back all deflated and she’s worked so hard.<\/p>\n ‘I’ve got to be honest with you though I could have done a bit more!\u00a0I was a bit distracted by the rugby, by the World Cup and I didn’t go as big with my usual efforts on Instagram but I’m going to come back stronger this week though!\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘We’re not going to go down without a fight baby!’<\/p>\n Sam wasn’t in the audience to support Zara on Saturday as she is only given two tickets and has her friends and family on a ‘rota system’.\u00a0<\/p>\n Zara and Graziano narrowly avoided elimination after scoring 28 for their American Smooth to LeeAnn Rimes’s Can’t Fight The Moonlight.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Saved:\u00a0Zara and Graziano narrowly avoided elimination last weekend after scoring 28 for their American Smooth to LeeAnn Rimes’s Can’t Fight The Moonlight<\/p>\nREAD MORE: Zara McDermott and Bobby Brazier ‘in Strictly favouritism row’\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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