Strictly star Montell Douglas' sad split from boyfriend before show and response to 'curse'

Olympian Montell Douglas, 38, insists determination is lone 1 antheral successful her beingness - her nonrecreational creation spouse Johannes Radebe. The prima is acold excessively engaged learning her creation steps to find romance

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Montell Douglas made it done the dreaded dance-off for the 2nd time.

The 38-year-old jock received 35 points for her Salsa with Johannes Radebe to Don't Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston, bagging 4th spot connected the person board. But the mates failed to triumph capable votes from Strictly viewers to debar the bottommost two, forcing them to creation again to advancement done to this week.

Montell made past 2 years agone arsenic the archetypal British pistillate to vie successful some the Summer and Winter Olympics. She raced successful the 100m sprint and 4x100m relay successful Beijing successful 2008, mounting a British grounds of 11.05 seconds successful the former, earlier competing successful bobsleigh successful the 2022 Winter Games, besides successful Beijing.

The star, who played Fire successful the BBC's reboot of Gladiators, is present wowing viewers with her performances connected Strictly. Montell revealed up of competing successful the bid she had divided from her fellow earlier this twelvemonth and says her creation spouse Johannes is the lone antheral successful her life.

"He ticks each container that I could privation anyway," she said, according to the Sun. "I don't cognize if I person a sexy broadside — I americium rather awkward successful myself but I americium bubbly and I similar to person a bully time. I emotion to gag around. I person large banter with Johannes truthful that is the sexy broadside if determination was 1 there."

Montell insists the Strictly curse is not to blasted for her azygous status, saying: "I americium azygous and precise overmuch not mingling due to the fact that I don't person the time. There are truthful galore things to deliberation astir with dancing."

And portion the star's sporting prowess has been a assistance erstwhile it comes to her Strictly stamina, being a sprinting powerhouse doesn't assistance erstwhile it comes to trying to make fluid hips connected the creation floor. "Put maine connected a racetrack and I would excel," she explained. "But I can't bash a marathon, a 5k oregon adjacent a 1k race.

"I'm precise overmuch a powerfulness athlete. I've got rather a batch of musculus wide and I'm precise stiff due to the fact that that's what helps my power. So coming into thing wherever you’ve got truly fluid hips, you are connected the balls of your feet..."

But the star's worst happening astir the creation contention is the footwear. "So the hardest happening is not the regular – it’s the shoes," she told the Mirror. "It's doing it successful a footwear that wants to interruption your foot. The footwear is designed to springiness you pain, which she does precise good actually.

"Especially due to the fact that I'm conscionable not utilized to it. I'm surviving successful precocious heels. It's similar a nighttime retired wherever you person to support your heels connected each night. That's what it feels like."