BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Shayne Ward reveals toll dancing's had on his body

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Shayne Ward has teased that he's ended up wearing slippers amid rehearsals for the BBC amusement owed to the toll of dancing connected his feet

Contestant Shayne Ward has resorted to wearing slippers arsenic the gruelling Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals instrumentality a toll connected his feet.

The 39-year-old erstwhile X Factor victor took to Instagram this week, sharing a video of himself successful genu pads and slippers during a "quick break" from creation practice, arsenic reported by the Daily Star. He confessed that each the dancing with pro spouse Nancy Xu, 33, has near his feet "in bits".

In his societal media update, helium remarked: "Hey everybody, anticipation you're each well. So, I'm heading backmost to rehearsals present with Nancy. Just finishing my speedy break. She told maine it's a speedy break. She said, 'get retired there, get back'. And this is my getup today, look, genu pads and slippers. Thank deity it's not raining. My feet are successful bits. So, I'm trying to support them arsenic comfy arsenic possible. Because erstwhile I get backmost into that room... it's murder."

Last week, Shayne - who has since shared footage of himself wearing slippers successful the rehearsal workplace - and his spouse Nancy were fixed a people of 21 for their samba to Stevie Wonder's Do I Do successful the archetypal unrecorded show. They're acceptable to execute a tango to Teddy Swims' The Door this week.

Shayne precocious hit backmost astatine claims he's excessively confident connected the BBC show, clarifying that he's been experiencing nerves down the scenes. Addressing the comments connected his Instagram Story, helium stated: "Strictly is astonishing and I emotion being portion of it. But done my grin connected TV I'm arsenic tense arsenic the adjacent person. Not cocky oregon overconfident... I'm nervous! I conscionable gotta enactment hard and perceive to my fantastic teacher [Nancy]. All I tin bash is my best!" He made the comments successful a caller station alongside a solemn black-and-white photograph of himself.

Nancy expressed enactment for Shayne amid the spectator absorption up of their show successful the 2nd unrecorded show. She wrote alongside footage of them rehearsing past week: "Samba decidedly is 1 of the hardest dances to statesman with. You tin archer by my look however overmuch I was suprised and blessed and arrogant of [Shayne]. NOBODY is assured stepping connected the Strictly dancefloor, particularly [being watched and judged] by millions and 4 legends."

The nonrecreational dancer - who joined Strictly backmost successful 2019 - went connected to tease successful her station conscionable days agone that they volition "keep going" and "learn things measurement by step". She added: "Last but not least, anticipation you each volition bask and emotion this travel conscionable similar us."

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