Will Bayley, 31, broke his silence on his absence from Halloween Week on Strictly Come Dancing.
The Paralympian sustained an injury during training which left him unable to compete in tonight’s show.
Explaining the unfortunate incident, Will wrote in view of his 20,000 twitter followers: “Hi everyone, I am absolutely gutted I cannot be performing tonight on Strictly with Janette, sadly I’m injured and not fit to dance.
“I hope to be back on the dance floor next week. Good luck to everyone tonight.
“Thanks for all your messages guys, I’ll be back!!”
Will’s dance partner Janette also sent get well wishes to Will in an Instagram post.
The professional dancer shared a snap of their emotional routine from last week in view of her 293,000 followers.
She added the caption: “I love you so much @willbayleytt….
“I will truly miss dancing the jive w/ you tonight, but let’s hope for the BEST & that you get better ASAP so that we can dance once again next week!”(sic)
Janette also added the hashtags: “#WeGotThisChamp #YourMyLittleFighter #TeamPocketRacket.”