BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly in tears over tribute to late co-star

Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly broke down successful tears arsenic she paid an affectional tribute to her precocious co-star, Sir Bruce Forsyth, connected the motorboat amusement successful 2017

Tess Daly was visibly moved to tears during a poignant tribute to the precocious Bruce Forsyth connected Strictly Come Dancing. The beloved presenter, who passed distant successful August 2017 astatine the property of 89 aft battling illness, was honoured by the show's formed with a heartfelt show weeks aft his death, reports OK!.

The Strictly professionals danced gracefully to Frank Sinatra's Fly Me To The Moon arsenic an representation of Bruce shone successful the background. Tess, 55, attempted to present a fewer words but was quickly flooded with emotion, prompting Claudia Winkleman to measurement successful and say: "He was a fable to truthful galore radical but to america astatine Strictly helium was conscionable Brucie." Gathering herself, Tess past added poignantly: "And to enactment it successful his ain words, didn't helium bash well?" The affectional conception touched viewers deeply, with societal media users expressing their feelings.

One spectator tweeted: "OF COURSE I'M NOT CRYING WHILE WATCHING THE BRUCIE TRIBUTE ON STRICTLY." Another shared: "Crying due to the fact that brucie volition beryllium proud; bruce should beryllium present watching everyone performing unrecorded #StrictlyComeDancing2017," and different commented: "Just watching #Strictly's tribute to #Brucie. No I'm not crying, there's thing successful my eye."

Strictly's enforcement shaper Louise Rainbow has opened up astir the show's plans to honour the precocious Sir Bruce. She revealed: "The thoughts of everyone present are inactive precise overmuch with Sir Bruce's family. Of course, we volition beryllium paying tribute to Sir Bruce astatine our motorboat amusement and this volition see a heartfelt show from our Strictly nonrecreational dancers. We each privation to observe him and each that helium loved astir the show. Sir Bruce was, and volition ever be, a immense portion of Strictly Come Dancing."

Tess, profoundly moved by the nonaccomplishment of her person and colleague, besides shared a touching tribute connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter. She expressed: "There are nary words to picture however heartbroken I americium to beryllium told the saddest quality that my beloved person Sir Bruce Forsyth has passed away..." She continued to stock her fond memories, saying, "From the infinitesimal we met, Bruce and I did thing but laughter our mode done a decennary of moving unneurotic connected Strictly Come Dancing and I volition ne'er hide his generosity, his superb consciousness of humour and his thrust to entertain the audiences helium truthful loved."

Tess besides reflected connected the idiosyncratic interaction Sir Bruce had connected her life, saying: "He has been determination for maine arsenic a co-host, a mentor but astir importantly arsenic a person and I'm highly fortunate to person worked alongside the antheral who defined Saturday Night Entertainment for truthful galore decades."

She added: "He was a man and a existent legend. I volition miss him deeply. My bosom goes retired to Winnie his woman and his beauteous household astatine this bittersweet time."