Dani Dyer has given heartbreaking insight into the aftermath of her depature from Strictly Come Dancing after suffering a foot injury.
Last week the Love Island star, 29, was forced to withdraw from the BBC show just two days before the launch having fractured her ankle during training.
After bosses announced she was being replaced by fellow Love Island alum and West End star Amber Davies, she admits she has been ‘mentally tested’.
Dani spoke to her famous father Danny on their Live And Let Dyers podcast and revealed she refused to leave the house as she did not want to break down.
She regailed the exact moment she found out her journey could not go on – after she believed she could carry on: ‘We went and got a second opinion, I went and saw the doctor and I was like “What can we do?”…
‘I went for the MRI and on the Tuesday I was getting ready to go to training, I was like I’ve got my ice machine, I’m just going to keep icing it, we’ll get through this…
‘And then she rung me in, Leanne, and she was like “Dani, I’m really sorry, you can’t compete you’ve got a fracture” and I was like what?’
Danny then revealed that there was talk of him being her substitute, to which she said: ‘Honestly dad it’s been so heartbreaking, I think I needed to grieve it.
She said: ‘That’s why I couldn’t leave the house because I knew if someone said to me ‘Are you ok Dani?’ I would just cry’.
Dani was paired with Nikita Kuzmin on the show and revealed his heartbreaking response to the news, saying: ‘Nikita didn’t speak for two minutes when she called him to tell him she had been told to drop out….
‘For me mentally it has just been really testing’.
She admitted her heartbreaking fears over why she suffered the accident, revealing she spoke to a therapist because she thought she was a bad person which culminated in her having the accident.
On last weekend’s debut show, she said: ‘It was really hard watching the launch show… It’s been so heartbreaking and I think I needed to grieve it, but like you said I need to get my big girl knickers on’.
On Sunday, Dani shared a snap of her fractured ankle in a support strap as she got some well-needed rest and gave an update for her followers.
She penned in her post: ‘It’s been a lazy.. emotional week. I was so excited for this side of the year but it really hasn’t ended the way I wanted it too.. taking everyday as it comes whilst my annoying foot gets better.’
The Daily Mail broke the news that Dani of the departure, which she later confirmed in a statement reading: ‘I had a fall on Friday in rehearsals and landed funny.
‘I thought I had rolled my foot but it swelled up badly over the weekend and after an MRI scan yesterday, it turns out I have fractured my ankle.
‘Apparently doing the quickstep on a fracture is not advisable (!!) and the doctors have said I am not allowed to dance so l’ve had to pull out of the show.
‘To say I’m heartbroken is the biggest understatement. I am so going to miss dancing with Nikita but will of course be watching closely and cheering all the couples on.’
The accident occurred before Dani even got to perform one routine.
Bosses had hoped that Dani would go far in the competition, but it was announced last Tuesday that she could not continue in the competition.
