Strictly Come Dancing and Coronation Street star Will Mellor suffers injury days before first live show
23.09.2022 - 08:59
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Strictly. Will's knees sponsored by peas. I'm knackered," he said while catching his breath.
The video was captioned: "My knees are in shock," along with the hashtags 'too old for this', and 'bad knees'. DJ Eddie Boxshall commented: "You're the peas knees. Keep going pal.
" Another said: "Keep going Will," with a third commenting: "No getting out of it Will. You get my vote. " The Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps star had previously revealed he has had knee problems in the past.
READ MORE: Celebrities that said no to being on the BBC dance competition He said: "I don't want to get injured. I've got bad knees from football injuries, operations and stuff - I'm having to ice them every night. So it's just if they pop out in the middle of a dance routine live on telly, there's not much I can do because I will just hit the floor.
"And they do, they've popped out while I've been walking down the stairs before now. I can pop it back in. At that moment, I have no strength in my leg and it's just from football injuries and operations.
So as long as that stays alright then whatever will be, will be, if I get voted out, I get voted out, but I just want to make it through the journey. "Will has recently revealed the effect his dad Bill's death in April 2020 from cancer had on him and how it "changed his mindset", pushing him to sign up for Strictly. He said: "I thought, 'I've got to grab life, I've got to do stuff.
' It really changed my mindset and I've just got to say yes to more things. And it's my mum's favourite show and she's had the worst time of it, so I thought we've got to have a bit of positive in our lives. "Strictly Come Dancing starts on Friday, September 23, at 7pm on BBC One.