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Strictly Come Dancing professional Nikita Kuzmin has broken his silence over withdrawing from the programme in a message that left Dani Dyer ‘crying again’.

It was confirmed on Tuesday (September 23) that the pair were pulling out of the BBC series just days before the first live show.

Viewers saw former Love Island winner Dani and dancer Nikita paired together during the 23rd season’s launch show.

Sadly, Dani suffered an injury while training for this weekend’s episode, concluding her Strictly journey earlier than anyone expected.

"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

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