Strictly's Matt Goss shares rare health condition as he thanks 'discreet' BBC costume team

17.10.2022 - 17:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk

Matt Goss has opened up about a rare health condition after thanking the "discreet" team at Strictly Come Dancing following his exit from the show.

The Bros star, 54, has been speaking out about living with Poland syndrome as he praised those who supported him during his time on the hit BBC dancing competition.

The singer was third celebrity to face the chop after an audience vote and he was pretty emotional as he said goodbye.

Matt later had a candid chat about the disorder in which affected individuals are born with missing or underdeveloped muscles on one side of the body, as writes the Mirror.

Matt shared he has “one pectoral muscle on the right side instead of two. The lower one is missing, but the upper one is fine and strong.”

The musician also revealed he used to "pose covering that side" of his chest while he was the chart-topping frontman of Bros.

He went on to praise Strictly’s costume team, who had been “kind and discreet” when it came to outfit fittings during his month on the programme.

“It has been one of my favourite things about the Strictly experience - the costume team were relative strangers at the beginning, but from the start, they’ve always been very kind and discreet – it has really touched me," he told the Daily Mail.

“If I get a jacket made it will pull on the right side more. I have it tight on my right so it counterbalances my left side. Slim tailoring is good for me and my fashion is determined by my chest shape.”

He made it clear he was not “disadvantaged” on account of his condition.

Matt is determined to show children with Poland syndrome that they are still just as capable as anyone else.

“I’m not disadvantaged, and I want kids to know that,” he said. “I am going to look at creating some kind of