Strictly host Emma Willis is defended by TV presenter husband Matt over show criticism as he insists 'she's so happy'

Strictly Come Dancing host Emma Willis has been defended by her husband Matt after the BBC show came under fire for its new presenting trio.Ever since the hit BBC dance show returned to the box two weeks ago, Emma, Johannes Radebe and Josh Widdicombe have been heavily scrutinised after taking on the roles from Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.Matt insisted that Emma has been 'smashing it' in her new hosting job as he said she is 'so happy' to land the gig.Emma has been the main presenter to earn praise for her Strictly hosting skills, with Josh and Johannes' presenting coming under fire from fans.But Matt spoke about Emma's new job while reflecting on working with her, as the co-hosts of Love Is Blind UK.He said: 'I love working with Emma, she's so good at what she does. I've never watched so much Strictly in my life, I'm at every live show. She's smashing it, she's so happy.' Strictly Come Dancing host Emma Willis has been defended by her husband Matt after the BBC show came under fire for its new presenting trio Ever since the hit BBC dance show returned to the box two weeks ago, Emma, Johannes Radebe and Josh Widdicombe have been heavily scrutinisedSpeaking on Thursday's This Morning, Matt was then asked about the negative criticism Emma and her other co-hosts have faced.He said: 'She doesn't pay attention to anything, she's very good at doing her job. She just puts her head down, does her job the best she can. 'She loves working with Josh and Jojo and they're great and they're brilliant and they're lovely people and they're just in all of this together.'I've been asked to do Strictly a couple of times but I've got a valid reason not to now. I think it would be a bit of a conflict of interest.'Watching it does make you go ''That's impressive',' especially when you're there live, watching them do it. I'm like ''Wow that's difficult'.' And when they pick up on little things, I think, ''What are you talking about, that was amazing!'''After questions about the hosting layout, Strictly's results show saw Emma, Johannes and Josh change up their set-up for the first time, with viewers urging them to keep the new format for the rest of the series.Emma and Johannes were paired together for the start of the show, where they discussed the dances from Saturday with the judges.Sharing their thoughts on X, fans penned: 'Emma and Johannes presenting together this is much better it's not hard.' Matt insisted that Emma has been 'smashing it' in her new hosting job as he said she is 'so happy' to land the gig He said: 'I love working with Emma, she's so good at what she does. I've never watched so much Strictly in my life, I'm at every live show. She's smashing it, she's so happy''This is the way the hosting needs to be split with emma downstairs as main host and josh and johannes upstairs.''Oh Emma and Johannes together! they've realised that's how it should be.''Surely the BBC can see that Emma and Johannes are great together tonight.'Emma then headed downstairs to the dance floor to reveal the votes, where she was replaced by Josh, who joined Johannes to chat with the celebs.Fans enjoyed seeing Josh upstairs as they claimed he appeared less nervous.They said: 'Now can we move Josh upstairs plz he works much better up there with Johannes.''Dare I say Josh felt more natural upstairs being a bit more off the cuff with the saved couples in the result show?''Emma is much better doing the results on her own while Josh & JoJo are upstairs chatting with the celebrities.''Josh is better upstairs. Seems less nervous and more willing to ad-lib.''I will say that Josh is so much better upstairs & I really think they should consider that. Reckon he'll settle into that part so much easier.'Week two of the dance show sadly saw Chris Appleton become the first contestant to be eliminated. The hair stylist, who hails from Leicester but is now one of the most in-demand hairdressers in Hollywood, had to compete in the dance-off with actress Jaime Winstone after it was revealed they both got the lowest number of public votes.And it was his cha cha that impressed the judges the least as they unanimously voted him off, leaving a relieved Jaime – the daughter of hardman actor Ray – through to next week.