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Privacy Notice DIY SOS’s Nick Knowles has revealed he’s suffered a “quite painful” knee injury after taking a tumble during Friday’s rehearsals, causing him to withdraw from Saturday night’s Strictly Come Dancing live show. The 62-year-old TV personality and his dance partner Luba Mushtuk were set to perform the Charleston to Rain On The Roof from Paddington 2 for the 20th anniversary series’ movie week. According to Strictly rules, the duo will “receive a bye” to next week’s show, hoping that Nick will be back on his feet by then – but from what he has said tonight, his future on the show is very much up in the air. Speaking on the BBC’s spin-off show Strictly: It Takes Two in a pre-recorded video, Nick shared: “During our first dress rehearsal today, or run-through of the dance number on the stage, unfortunately I damaged my knee and it’s quite painful. So the physios have decided I need to go for a MRI.”
Nick says he has ‘wait and see’ if he’ll be able to return to the dancefloor next week
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Luba chimed in: “Unfortunately we will not be dancing tomorrow but we really, really hope that the knee will be better for the next week and we’ll be back on the dance floor. Fingers crossed, we really hope that we’ll be back and see you guys very soon.” Nick vowed to return, stating “even if we have to glitter up the crutches, I am determined to get back and try and dance for you next week”. He later confirmed in a video on X that he had taken a “fall” during the rehearsals which led to the knee injury. This follows Nick’s previous revelation that he had injured his arm and shoulder, but was medically cleared to perform on the show last weekend. In a recent video update, presenter he shared with fans: “So bad news again for me, I’m afraid,” and then detailed the events, saying, “After the tough week I had last week, everything was going really, really well this week, in fact training is going really well and I started, I think, and according to Luba, to dance very well. “But during rehearsals today, the first run-through of the dance, this Charleston, the Paddington Bear 2 Charleston that we were doing, I managed to sort of fall and hurt my knee.”
Nick hasn’t had an easy time on Strictly so far
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He continued, “The medics were great, the physios were great, lots of ice on it … But after having a look at it, they decided that I need an MRI scan.” He then said he was on his way to London, and joked: “I’m starting to get frequent flyer points at this place, if I’m not careful.” “I’m hoping that the injury is not too bad, and that I can take some days off to let it rest and maybe do some strengthening exercises, and I’ll be able to dance again next week. So, stick with me, we’re not calling time on it yet. We have to wait and see what the medics say.” Nick previously made headlines when he sustained a separate injury while changing a tyre, as revealed in a video he posted on September 23, just after the series’ first live show. He told It Takes Two, while nursing the injury with a sling, how he ended up hurt attending a birthday celebration for himself on September 22.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnNick KnowlesShirley BallasStrictly Come Dancing
