Fleur East Shines at Rivals Premiere Despite Setback

put on a brave face at the Rivals series two premiere on Wednesday night - after opening up about missing out on the coveted Strictly hosting job.

The TV and radio star, 38, said this week that she was disappointed not to be considered for the presenting role.

Fleur, who has presented Strictly's spin off show  for three years, said she has 'been lying to myself when I've been saying, 'I'm fine'.'

But she was out and about at the Rivals premiere shortly after and cut a chic figure in an oversized white silk suit.

She added nude heels to her look to boost her height and accessorised with a gold necklace.

She looked great at the premiere which was attended by the show's main stars , Aidan Turner and .

Fleur's comments follow 's admission this week that she was 'grieving the rejection' after failing to land the coveted role replacing and .

Speaking on her Hits Radio Breakfast Show on Wednesday morning, Fleur told co-hosts and James Barr: 'I did say initially, after Tess and Claudia announced they were leaving Strictly you know, it's probably not going to happen [for me] and I'm happy for whoever gets it.'

Referring to reports that Emma Willis has now been offered the job, she continued: 'We were just talking about Emma Willis being announced and I was like, 'yeah, great, amazing' and I've kind of lied to myself that I'd be all right with not doing it or not being considered for the job. But I'm kind of bothered.'

Fleur said that 'I think it's okay to admit that. I think it's okay to admit that being faced with the opportunity of such an incredible job. I mean, it's an amazing show.'

She said that she was proud to have been 'a part of the family' in her role as a contestant and as a presenter of It Takes Two, but admitted her work with the BBC show meant it felt like she was 'within touching distance' of the main presenting job.

'I never allowed myself to really go fully there, but I did think about it. I was like, that would be amazing,' she explained. 

'So yeah, I guess I have been lying to myself when I've been saying, 'I'm fine. I'm coming to terms with it' but I feel I was okay before it was kind of confirmed that someone's got the job.'

'Until it was confirmed, I was like, well, they might call me one day. They might do all the tests and they go, 'actually, yeah, we haven't seen Fleur. Let's give her a little call'. But it's gone to the right person.'

It's been reported that Fleur and her It Takes Two co-presenter Janette Manara have both lost their jobs on the spin off show as it also undergoes a huge overhaul.

Both Fleur and Janette have removed '#Strictly It Takes Two' from their Instagram profiles, seemingly confirming that the spin off will have new hosts too.

It was reported last month that It Takes Two will return in the form of a vodcast, similar to that of other BBC spin off shows The Traitors: Uncloaked and The Apprentice: You're Fired.