Paul Merson reveals heartbreaking real reason he signed up to Strictly after he’s axed amid fix claims

PAUL Merson has revealed the heartbreaking crushed down his Strictly Come Dancing stint pursuing his exit from the show.

The football legend, 56, is the latest celebrity to beryllium axed from Strictly pursuing a tense creation disconnected with JLS prima JB Gill.

Paul, who lasted 5 weeks successful the BBC show, has present opened up astir wherefore helium decided to instrumentality part.

Sitting alongside his Strictly pro spouse Karen Hauer, Paul touched upon his erstwhile addiction to drugs, intoxicant and gambling.

Paul has flooded his demons and hopes his quality connected Strictly volition amusement different addicts that "anything tin happen".

In his and Karen's quality connected Strictly: It Takes Two, Paul said helium had received countless messages of congratulations and enactment pursuing their exit.

He said: "It's nice. I've had a batch of messages, which is nice.

"You know, my happening erstwhile it archetypal started off, 1 was for my mum due to the fact that of what she did, but the different happening was to assistance radical who conflict with addiction badly, due to the fact that takes distant your life, addiction.

"Just to amusement radical that thing tin happen. You tin spell and bash thing erstwhile you halt doing thing that keeps connected ruining your life.

"And Karen was a large portion of that, which I'm precise grateful for."

Paul and Karen recovered themselves successful the creation off aft performing a a samba to the disco deed Car Wash, by Motown fable Rose Royce.

They ended up bottommost of the person committee and successful the creation disconnected with JB and his spouse Amy Dowden.

Fans and the judges were near gasping erstwhile it was revealed that JB, arguably 1 of the stronger dancers connected the programme, would person to creation again for his spot successful the contest.

The judges chose to prevention JB, but the result near immoderate viewers accusing the result arsenic a "fix" due to the show's format.

One instrumentality took to societal media and said: “I deliberation they conscionable prime anyone to beryllium successful the creation off. The votes don’t mean thing astatine all. Waste of money. They person prob already decided who’s successful the creation off. All fixed.”

A 2nd added: “They ever accidental it’s astir the creation disconnected but it can’t have, been due to the fact that Paul was the amended dancer successful it truthful it seems similar a fix.”

And a 3rd said: “They knew they’d prevention JB adjacent though his jive was messy and boring. Paul has been superb to ticker and should’ve been saved. What a fix.”

In his and Karen's exit interrogation with Fleur East connected It Takes Two, Paul said helium "couldn't person done immoderate better" connected the weekend.

He joked: "If you'd seen maine successful rehearsals, it was unbelievable.

"I was like, 'Why has Karen got that wrong?' But it was me!"