Gordon Ramsay overwhelmed with pride for daughter Tilly after crying over her Strictly exit

GORDON Ramsay heaped praise on daughter Tilly Ramsay following her exit from Strictly Come Dancing.

Tilly, 19, just missed out on the quarter finals of the BBC competition after she and professional partner Nikita Kuzmin were sent home on Sunday night.

But proud dad Gordon, 55, had only good things to say about the pair, writing on Instagram: “Words can’t describe how proud I am of these 2, hard working polite humble and incredibly down to earth.

Most of all well done and what a celebration of youth and how happy it makes me feel. The future is bright and you 2 will continue to shine lots of love dad.”

Gordon’s message comes after he was seen in floods of tears as his daughter was eliminated from Strictly, after they went head to head in a dance off against Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu.

When the judges voted to save Rhys and Nancy, Tilly thanked everyone who’d been involved in her Strictly journey.

She said: “I’d just like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has made this an amazing, positive journey for me.

“From everyone here to backstage, wardrobe, make up and camera crew. It’s just been the most extraordinary time.

“I found out something about myself that I didn’t know I could do, I didn’t know I could dance and have fun like this.”

Praising Nikita, Tilly added: “I really meant it when I said I made a best friend for life. You’ve just been incredible.”