Nick Knowles still has a long road to recovery ahead following his Strictly Come Dancing-inflicted injuries. The 62-year-old TV star tore his anterior cruciate ligament while rehearsing with professional dancer Luba Mushtuk for the BBC One ballroom show.
Image Credit: Metro [EMBARGOED TO 2000 SUNDAY OCTOBER 13 For use in UK, Ireland or Benelux countries only BBC handout file photo dated 12/10/24 of Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk, during their appearance on the live show of Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing show on BBC1. Issue date: Sunday October 13, 2024. DIY SOS star Nick Knowles has become the third celebrity eliminated from the 20th anniversary series of Strictly Come Dancing. Issue date: Sunday October 13, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SHOWBIZ Strictly. Photo credit should read: Guy Levy/BBC/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: Not for use more than 21 days after issue. You may use this picture without charge only for the purpose of publicising or reporting on current BBC programming, personnel or other BBC output or activity within 21 days of issue. Any use after that time MUST be cleared through BBC Picture Publicity. Please credit the image to the BBC and any named photographer or independent programme maker, as described in the caption.]
Having taken a week off from the series, Nick returned to the dancefloor, but after struggling through a Charleston to Rain on the Roof – which features in the film Paddington 2 – he was sent home by the judges. Nick – who also tore a bicep trying to change a tyre on his car prior to his knee injury – has now given a timeline for his recovery and admits he won’t be back to full fitness for several months.
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Speaking to media at the launch of Cirque du Soleil Corteo at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Nick – who was joined on the red carpet by his fiancée Katie Dadzie – said: ‘I’m still recovering. ‘It’s going to be, like, eight months before I’m 100% again. I think I’ll get back to doing less dangerous things like climbing mountains and riding motorbikes!’.
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Keeping his spirits up, he joked: ‘I did 40 years of rugby and got away with it without major injury.’. The star added: ‘I had a really good surgeon, really good physios. I had two operations: one to reattach my bicep and one to reconstruct my knee. The bicep was done trying to take a wheel off my Range Rover in the rain, and I slipped and basically detached my bicep. I carried on dancing for about three weeks, and then I did the ACL on Strictly.’.
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