The Strictly Come Dancing star joined BBC host Dan Walker and Louis Minchin on BBC Breakfast along with his professional dance partner Amy Dowden. The CBeebies presenter revealed the real reason behind his tearful reaction to the judges’ comments.
There are high expectations for Karim on the BBC show since he wowed fans from day one of his performance.
The amateur dancer has achieved high scores consistently with his dancing abilities and impressed the judges as well as viewers at home.
However, he fought tears last week after he received harsh comments from the judges and a score of 30 which hasn’t been his lowest on the series.
Joining the BBC hosts this morning, he shared his thoughts after Dan made a remark about him crying.
His dance partner Amy added: “I could just see when we finished the dance and I was in the lighthouse and I could just see his eyes filling with tears.”
Karim interjected that “it feels a lot worse than it looks” as he watched the performance back and thought it didn’t look too bad.
“It’s just when you stand on each other’s feet, you’re just a little bit like,” he signed.
The pair have secured a place in Blackpool which will be seen live from Saturday.
They will get another chance to earn high scores as they will get to perform the Charleston to Happy.
Karim desperately wanted to achieve Blackpool and thought he may not make it after his performance last week but luckily, he got through.