Strictly fans 'broken-hearted' after injured Nigel Harman admits 'moping' at home
04.12.2023 - 20:21
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Strictly Come Dancing is nearing its festive climax, but it's still tough for fans to say goodbye to their favourite dancers and celebrities. Especially when the exit is due to injury as opposed to a dance-off and judge's vote.
After a consistently popular run for Nigel Harman and Katya Jones, the pair were announced as casualties of the programme's intense physicality on Saturday (December 2) afternoon. Harman and professional Katya ones were due to perform a Charleston to Step In Time from Disney’s Mary Poppins before it was announced on Saturday afternoon that he would no longer compete due to the injury.
Due to Harman’s departure the show had no public vote or elimination this weekend. However, the musical-themed episode did see screen and theatre star Layton Williams score the first perfect 40 of the series.
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The RIB injury, which happened on Friday sustained as he was leaping off a rostrum. He received medical attention.
Speaking to Fleur East on Monday's (December 4) Strictly: It Takes Two, the actor was still in a lot of pain.
"It was very strange waking up this morning and not dancing with you [spoken to Katya]. I found it really... I didn't know what to do with myself.
"I'm still in quite a bit of pain so I was just moping round the house going 'I wonder what Katya's doing today'. So it feels quite strange, because it's only been three days."
He said after he injured himself, he half-hoped that he would recover after a good night's sleep.
"I just thought, 'if I just go to sleep, maybe it will be alright in the morning'."
As much as the couple seemed upset at having to pull out, Harman's fans were beside themselves on