Strictly star reveals partner suffered ‘tough’ injury that could take months to recover

Strictly Come Dancing prima Pete Wicks has revealed his creation spouse Jowita Pryzstal is suffering from an injury, which could instrumentality months to retrieve from.

The Towie star, 36, has continued to soar done the BBC competition, having been saved by the nationalist ballot aft hitting the bottommost of the leaderboard past Saturday.

However, he’s present revealed difficulties behind-the-scenes aft a ‘tough’ week.

Speaking connected his Staying Relevant podcast with I’m A Celebrity victor Sam Thompson, Pete explained: ‘We’d had a pugnacious week due to the fact that Jowita has been moving with an wounded due to the fact that she got whiplash connected Monday.’

According to the NHS, whiplash is simply a cervix wounded that tin beryllium caused by a abrupt question of the head, specified arsenic during a postulation mishap oregon a fall.

It usually gets amended wrong 2 to 3 months but tin origin headaches, cervix pain, stiffness and trouble moving your head.

‘She’s powered through,’ helium went on, saying successful the pre-recorded speech that it would beryllium a ‘miracle’ to marque it through.

‘I’ll beryllium implicit the satellite due to the fact that past it volition beryllium a Couple’s Choice and it’s 1 week to Blackpool.’

Pete managed to flight the bottommost 2 past Saturday contempt a debased people aft his show arsenic Freddie Mercury for Icons Week.

He aboriginal took to Instagram to say: ‘I don’t adjacent cognize what to say…I’m precise humbled and a spot overwhelmed.

‘It wasn’t a bully nighttime for maine and I cognize conscionable however fortunate I americium to inactive beryllium portion of the amusement but convey you everyone.

‘@jowitaprzystal worked truthful hard past week and determination is nary mode I would person ever made it this acold without her.

‘I volition bounce back, this week is simply a gonna beryllium a spot of an affectional 1 for maine and your enactment means truthful much.’

Speaking to Sam, Pete echoed however affectional this week’s opus prime was, saying: ‘I’ve not heard this opus properly, afloat each the mode done since my dad’s funeral, truthful it’s going to beryllium a large one.’

Fans person rushed to stock their enactment for the Strictly favourite, with @janice.lloyd.7771 writing: ‘You tin bash this, good done.’

‘You’re SO bully successful @bbcstrictly support smashing it!’ @kjfoster1980 wrote.

‘Hope you win,’ @sholarussell added.

This comes aft Pete and Jowita were accused of a ‘totally illegal’ performance, with justice Craig Revel Horwood claiming they should beryllium disqualified for the lifts during their creation to Oasis deed Don’t Look Back In Anger.

‘There were 2 lifts. One ft should stay connected the level astatine each times,’ the justice insisted.

‘Of course, a nonrecreational would beryllium marked down for that. I deliberation adjacent a disqualification darling, due to the fact that I deliberation you should travel the rules.’

The mates were of people not disqualified, and Pete appears to beryllium successful a unafraid spot safely distant from the elimination, having been dubbed a ‘national treasure’ by fans after winning them over.

Strictly Come Dancing continues connected BBC One and iPlayer connected Saturday astatine 6.35pm.

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