BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Nick Knowles reveals truth behind his DIY:SOS axe

Strictly Come Dancing and DIY: SOS prima Nick Knowles unravelled the enigma of his axing from the amusement which transforms household homes erstwhile helium opened up astir the ‘row’ with BBC bosses

DIY: SOS big and Strictly contestant Nick Knowles claimed helium was pulled from the renovation amusement due to a "misunderstanding" that helium regrets.

TV presenter Nick Knowles is 1 of 15 celebrities taking portion successful this year’s 20th day bid of Strictly Come Dancing. Although helium doesn’t deliberation overmuch of his moves connected the dancefloor, he’s revealed helium can't hold to effort thing new. "I’m so, truthful excited to beryllium doing Strictly this year," helium said aft his spot in the line-up was confirmed. "People whitethorn beryllium much utilized to maine getting stuck successful connected a gathering tract oregon travelling the world , but dancing unrecorded connected TV volition beryllium a full caller adventure. I’ve spent my full beingness learning caller skills and I’ve ne'er been acrophobic of a situation - there’s beingness successful the aged canine yet to instrumentality connected 1 much large 1 - being taught however to dance! I’ll springiness it my everything... and effort not to embarrass my kids of course!"

TV viewers are much utilized to seeing Nick successful his relation arsenic the big of DIY: SOS successful which helium and a squad of gathering and renovation experts alteration the homes of families crossed Britain. He has presented the amusement successful its assorted formats since 1999 but helium was axed astatine 1 constituent implicit thing helium called a "misunderstanding".

In 2021 helium agreed to beryllium retired presenting the amusement for the archetypal clip successful its 22 twelvemonth history, for a Children successful Need peculiar pursuing a spat with the BBC implicit a Shreddies campaign. He starred successful an advert arsenic a builder who pours the Nestle cereal into his hard hat. It was deemed to person gone against guidelines connected endowment trading-off their on-screen personas.

The pursuing twelvemonth helium opened up astir the awkward concern connected ITV ’s This Morning to hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary and claimed it was conscionable a spot of a premix up: "It was a spot unusual but I knew that it was lone for the 1 show," helium said of his axing. "It was fundamentally a misunderstanding - we sorted it each retired - but it meant that I couldn't bash that 1 show."

Comedian and presenter Rhod Gilbert took his spot for the special, which Nick seemed to o.k. of: "But past Rhod came successful and Rhod is specified a beauteous lad and helium got emotionally progressive with the full communicative truthful I thought helium did a large job," helium admitted. Although Nick played the play down, helium did antecedently admit regretting his determination to prima successful the advertisement but said helium had to gain wealth to enactment his family.

He told The Sun: "You know, you've gotta gain and determination was a play during the pandemic wherever shows conscionable weren't being made. That enactment wasn't determination and I've got to supply for my household and an accidental came up. Obviously what I regret is the disorder that arose astir it. I surely would not person chosen to person upset the BBC oregon upset the programme successful immoderate way." Nick added that DIY SOS is, "more important than conscionable a occupation for me. I unrecorded and respire it and person done for 23 years. It's really, truly important to me. I'm conscionable gladsome we were each capable to beryllium down and enactment a mode done it."

Strictly Come Dancing airs connected Saturday evenings connected BBC1.