Nick Knowles reveals major update on Strictly future after ‘gutting’ injury-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Nick Knowles has shared an update on his future on Strictly Come Dancing after suffering an injury.

The DIY SOS star, 62, was forced to miss out on last week’s live show, which saw Toyah Willcox and Neil Jones leave the competition.

Nick was seen clutching crutches after damaging his knee, and said he was ‘gutted’ to not be on the dancefloor with his co-stars.

It has yet to be confirmed whether he’ll be returning to the ballroom alongside the likes of Chris McCausland and Dr Punam Krishan this week, but the TV star has now shared an update.

Speaking on It Takes Two yesterday alongside his pro partner Luba Mushtuk, Nick said: ‘We had a great week learning the dance and we were doing the camera tech rehearsals where the cameras get to see how the dance works and everything.

‘Very last step of the dance, I was late getting to where I should and leapt to the position and my one leg stayed still and the rest of me went through.

‘A bit of a collapse and realised it wasn’t in a good condition. I hurt my knee basically.’

Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk were forced to skip Strictly last weekend (Picture: BBC/Guy Levy)

He’s now shared an update (Picture: BBC)

‘The dance was amazing!’ Luba chimed in with.

He went on: ‘Each day gets a little bit better.  On Friday, it looked pretty bad to be honest, it felt bad. Saturday was not so good but I got a scan and had a look at that we decided to wait until Monday so we could have a look at that.

‘Monday was a little bit stronger and today I got to see the physios and with a lot of rehab from physios and doctors, they have given me clearance to try and dance tomorrow to train.

‘If I train tomorrow, that’s not necessarily be the end of it.’

He added: ‘We will see how I do tomorrow and that is all we can say at the moment.’

Luba, 34, said: ‘Today was a big day to have the clearance to rehearsal tomorrow.

‘Tomorrow we will try and we will go gentle and see what we can do and what we can’t and then adjust it.’

If the couple are able to dance, they’ll be bringing their Movie Week performance to the ballroom, having had to miss out on the theme last weekend.

The couple are hoping to bring their Movie Week performance to the dancefloor this Saturday (Picture: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire)

Luba added: ‘We will take it step-by-step and see what is comfortable and maybe what is feeling uncomfortable. We will create it together.’

Following an arm injury the week before, when Nick was put in a sling, he told It Takes Two host Janette Manrara: ‘I’m getting sick and tired of my injuries, everyone else must be getting fed up with it as well.

‘I want to be able to do the dance well enough tomorrow that I’m just judged on the dance and not any of the other things.

‘If you think about it, everybody has got things to deal with, Chris is doing amazing things every week, Punam is holding down a GP job whilst training, everyone has their own mountains to climb.’

He added that he’s ‘really happy’ to hopefully be performing a Paddington song for his ten-year-old son.

‘It was weird for me sitting at home and watching the show,’ Nick continued, recalling last weekend, where he was sat at home wearing a suit.

‘The weirdest thing was seeing Luba on set without being a part of it,’ he said, adding: ‘I’m really, really hopeful, fingers crossed.’

Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturdays at 6.05pm on BBC One and iPlayer, while It Takes Two airs weekdays at 6.30pm.

Got a story?

If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.

Entertainment – MetroRead More