Strictly’s Nick Knowles reveals agonising show injury will take NINE months to recover from as he opens up on operation

STRICTLY Come Dancing prima Nick Knowles has opened up astir the aftermath of his wounded sustained connected the BBC One show.

TV presenter Nick, 62, is owed to spell nether the weapon successful conscionable 4 weeks’ clip aft being struck down by a superior genu wounded portion connected Strictly.

The DIY SOS prima has exclusively revealed helium and fiancé Katie Dadzie person booked their large time and volition beryllium tying the knot successful the UK next summer.

But the prima volition beryllium retired of enactment for respective months - and helium is disquieted helium won't beryllium capable to bask their archetypal creation arsenic antheral and wife.

Together with Katie, helium attended an lawsuit held to observe a caller collaboration betwixt Grove Gallery and Astrea Diamonds and spoke astir his concerns for their upcoming nuptials.

Wearing enactment braces implicit his suit connected some his genu and shoulder, helium revealed: "I’ll beryllium resting until February but past I’m owed to film for DIY SOS.

“I’m truly hoping I’ll beryllium backmost connected my feet by then, though I won’t beryllium afloat recovered until August next year.

“We’ve booked our wedding for adjacent summer and the program is for america to beryllium capable to bash a archetypal dance.

“It won’t beryllium a afloat Strictly regular but I’m determined to person a peculiar creation with Katie.”

Nick tore his full Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) during a Strictly Come Dancing formal rehearsal.

The telly prima landed severely portion performing a leap and it led to his and pro dancer Luba Mushtuk’s withdrawal from the BBC competition.

On apical of this, the brace had already missed 1 unrecorded amusement of the bid aft Nick injured 1 of his biceps portion changing a level tyre connected his car.

Nick praised his 33-year-old wife-to-be Katie for her enactment and defended her against nasty keyboard warriors. 

He said: “Katie is specified an unthinkable pistillate and doesn’t merit each the grief she gets online.

“Whenever we’re pictured together, she gets called a ‘gold digger’ and ‘fame hungry’ and it couldn’t beryllium further from the truth.

“She is simply a superb businesswoman and has already sold her archetypal business for a large sum.

“Katie launched her ain lingerie business past twelvemonth and is already stocked successful Next, 1 of the biggest retailers successful the world.

“All this portion being a azygous mum to 2 children. People person got her truthful wrong.”

Nick added: “Katie has been perfectly astonishing implicit the past fewer weeks, taking maine to each my infirmary appointments.

“She’s had to enactment my trousers connected for maine excessively due to the fact that I can’t adjacent bash that!”

Nick remained tight-lipped astir the nonstop determination of his and Katie’s large day, but it volition beryllium successful the UK and determination volition beryllium a peculiar impermanent among the congregation - his Strictly spouse Luba.

“Luba and Katie person truly deed it off,” helium added. “They’ve go large friends since my clip connected Strictly.”

Nick and Katie are present looking guardant to Christmas together, adjacent though Nick volition beryllium caller retired of surgery.

They person already decorated the extracurricular of their location successful Windsor, Berkshire, aft Nick decided to propulsion retired each the stops pursuing a palmy Halloween.

Nick said: “We went each retired astatine Halloween truthful are doing the aforesaid for Christmas. I’ve adjacent bought an inflatable 9ft teddy carnivore for £300.

“I’ve got a seven-year-old girl and Katie has 2 children, truthful present is the clip to afloat clasp it!”