SAFFRON Barker is busy preparing for her debut on this year's Stricly Come Dancing.

The 19-year-old, who lives in Rottingdean, aleady has 2.1 million subscribers on YouTube, and 1.2 million followers on Instagram.

And this year's youngest contestant in this series is no stranger to controversy.

The YouTuber fell from favour amongst fans last year when she complained that a train suicide victim had “made her late”.

The Argus:

The former Longhill pupil rolled her eyes about the tragic death in a now deleted video.

In the clip, which led to calls to boycott her range, she moaned:  “It should have taken me 50 minutes and instead it took four and a half hours, so that was amazing.

“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 just the most stressful thing. They were doing no buses to help anyone. I was in an hour taxi line stood in the cold."

Her comments sparked outrage and she lost subscribers from her channel who couldn’t believe how insensitive she had been.

There were also calls for Primark to stop collaborating with her.

She later sincerely apologised, saying: “I completely understand how insensitive my comments were.

“I can see how it would appear that I wasn’t being considerate of the awful incident but in no way did I mean it like that.'

“My frustrations were not towards the victim but the overall situation. Anyone that knows me knows there was no disrespect.”

She added: 'It was wrong of me and I should have been more considerate to what was going on.

In a follow-up vlog, she said that she would “never in a million years roll her eyes at the victim”.

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Other strange videos have included a challenge where Saffron only ate black-coloured foods for 24 hours.

Saffron begins the 15-minute long video, which currently has more than 840,000 views, by listing the other videos she has created where she only eats a certain colour of food, including red, pink and yellow.

She added that the video was highly requested by fans desperate to see her attempt a colour-limited diet.

"You don't really go out and see black-coloured food!" she exclaims.

Saffron then vlogs her day as she tucks into snacks including Oreos, aubergines, grapes, charcoal bread, and blackcurrant jam - "It's got a really tiny hint of purple, but this is the darkest one that I could find."

The Argus:

As her charcoal bread pops out of the toaster, Saffron chuckles as she realises she cannot tell if it's burnt or not.

In another video which has a whopping 5 million views, Saffron attempts the "mouth to mouth challenge" with another YouTuber, Jake Mitchell.

Dressed in Christmas onesies, the excited pair pass food between each other's mouths, trying not to laugh, and occasionally retching.

In another upload, Saffron hides in her ex-boyfriend's house in Florida.

She begins the video explaining that her ex-boyfriend Tanner lives in Florida, and that she had conspired with his parents to hide in his house and "hopefully give him the shock of his life".

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She then films her ex while he is sleeping and as she tiptoes around his room whispering to the camera, popping into the cupboard to hide while he wakes up and gets dressed.

While he is in the bathroom with a towel wrapped round his waist before a shower, Saffron films him through a crack in the door, trying her best to contain her giggles.

"Oh my god, this is so risky!" she laughs.

Saffron then hangs out in Tanner's hot tub and with his parents, helping them around the house while Tanner is out.

The Argus:

His dad pushes Saffron in the pool to hide her when his son returns home. Tanner then walks over to the pool and asks Saffron what on earth she is doing in his pool with all her clothes on.

He then jumps into the pool with her, also fully clothed, and the two hug as the video ends. "I can't believe it" says Tanner.

Other highlights from Saffron's YouTube career include videos where she swaps diets with her seven-year-old cousin for 24 hours.

This led to Saffron scoffing waffles and syrup for breakfast, while her unimpressed little cousin Ivy eats scrambled egg made by Saffron (in the microwave).

The Argus:

Saffron and her young cousin swapped diets for the day (Image: Youtube)

For dinner, Ivy gets a large Nando's chicken meal while Saffron eats a tiny kid's chicken burger, and poor Ivy looks on as Saffron eats the desert she would have normally chosen.

At the end of the video Ivy calls the experience "interesting" and when Saffron asks her if she would do it all again, she replies "Errrrrrr. No". Fair enough.

Other popular videos from Saffron include her parents rating her going-out outfits, and a video where she tries on all her grandmother's clothes.

The star has been paired with Strictly's AJ Pritchard.

*Strictly Come Dancing starts tonight