Strictly Come Dancing star Nick Knowles has revealed he gained’t be on the 2024 last after present process main surgical procedure.
The DIY SOS star, 62, and his skilled associate Luba Mushtuk, 35, have been eradicated in week 4 of the dance present, having already been compelled to skip Film Week attributable to Nick’s accidents.
After a dance-off in opposition to Shayne Ward, Nick and Luba have been despatched packing, after which Nick required a ‘bicep reattachment’ op, whereas he additionally awaits knee surgical procedure.
In a brand new interview, Nick shared that, sadly, he gained’t be part of his solid members on the dancefloor for one final hurrah this weekend.
Talking on BBC Radio Wales, fellow Strictly contestant Wynne Evans, who was eradicated in Blackpool, recalled Nick being in ‘agony’.
‘Yeah, I used to be attempting to play it down as a result of I used to be decided to exit dancing somewhat than simply, form of, exit with the harm,’ Nick replied.
He defined that his bicep operation 4 weeks in the past went effectively and he’s ‘recovering fairly properly’.
In six to 10 days, the presenter can have an operation on his knee.
‘Nevertheless it means, mate, I’m not going to see you for the ultimate,’ a despondent Nick informed opera singer Wynne, 52.
‘Oh no! Are you able to not be there in any respect?’, Wynne requested.
‘My operation’s on the twelfth and the ultimate’s on the 14th,’ Nick added, to which Wynne joked that Strictly possibly isn’t a good suggestion in any case for ‘older males’, contemplating he and Paul Merson, 56, additionally broken their knees.
On how he managed to get by the Strictly expertise whereas injured, Nick supplied an perception into his somewhat uncommon treatments.
‘My mate’s received a horse that’s received knackered knees.
‘So, she stated, “I’ve received this electrical energy machine that, like, places a excessive voltage by the knees to assist the horse.’
Nick’s beneficiant buddy gave him the machine, which he strapped onto his knee and used alongside compression leggings, a ‘sleeper machine’, and ‘robotic arm’ to assist his elbow.
‘My poor fiancée, it was like sleeping subsequent to Darth Vader,’ he quipped.
Nick has been retaining his followers up to date on his restoration since leaving Strictly, assuring followers that he ought to be ‘proper as rain’ after a number of months of physiotherapy.
The presenter first grew to become injured whereas altering a tyre on a roadside, which means he needed to pull out of coaching for a complete week as he obtained a go to the subsequent present.
Heaping reward on the opposite contestants, Nick added: ‘I need to have the ability to do the dance effectively sufficient tomorrow that I’m simply judged on the dance and never any of the opposite issues.
‘If you concentrate on it, everyone has received issues to take care of, Chris (McCausland) is doing superb issues each week, Punam (Krishan) is holding down a GP job whereas coaching, and everybody has their very own mountains to climb.’
Talking on the spin-off present after his exit, Nick then stated: ‘I had every week off; you may see truly everyone had progressed lots in that week, and I simply didn’t have time to have the ability to catch up and do effectively sufficient to remain within the competitors.’
This weekend, the eradicated Strictly stars will take to the ground one final time for the well-known group quantity.
The annual spectacle takes viewers on a visit down reminiscence lane. This collection, we’ll revisit week 2 when Tom Dean was axed proper up till final week’s semi-final, which noticed Pete Wicks eradicated.
All the celebs, minus Nick, will then be readily available to cheer on this yr’s last {couples} competing to carry the Glitterball Trophy: Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell, Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley, and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec.
Presently, comic Chris is the runaway favorite to emerge victorious.
The ultimate of Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturday at 6pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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