Dani Dyer has become the second member of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing cast forced to withdraw from the show before the first live show of the series has even aired.
On Tuesday evening, the former Love Island champion – who had been paired with professional dancer Nikita Kuzmin on the new season of Strictly – shared that she had fallen during a training session on Friday and suffered an injury.
Initially, she thought she had just rolled her foot, and hoped to be able to continue rehearsals once she recovered, but later tests revealed that she had actually fractured her ankle.
“Apparently doing the Quickstep on a fracture is not advisable (!!),” she joked. “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 big