Comic Robert Webb has withdrawn from Strictly Come Dancing as a consequence of ailing well being, the BBC has mentioned.
In a press release, the Peep Present star mentioned: “I’m extraordinarily sorry to should announce that I’m withdrawing from Strictly Come Dancing as a consequence of ailing well being.
“Two years in the past I had open coronary heart surgical procedure and though I believed I used to be match sufficient to tackle Strictly and its demanding schedule, it turned clear that I had bitten off far more than I may chew for this stage in my restoration.
“I had begun to really feel signs that led me to hunt an pressing session with my coronary heart specialist, and it was her view that it might be higher for the sake of my well being to step again from the present.
“I’m pleased with the three dances that Dianne Buswell and I managed to carry out and deeply remorse having to let her down like this.
“I couldn’t have wished for a extra gifted accomplice or extra affected person instructor, and it’s a measure of Dianne’s professionalism and kindness that I used to be in a position to get so far as I did.”
“Thanks too to everybody at dwelling who voted for us. It was at all times going to be a troublesome mountain to climb (for one factor it’s fabricated from glitter so it’s very skiddy) and I’ve been particularly touched by the help from fellow coronary heart sufferers. I believe maybe I used to be too desperate to impress them. They’ll know that restoration doesn’t at all times go in a straight line, and I hope they’re not too upset that I bumped into the boundaries of my resilience a lot prior to I’d hoped.”
He mentioned he can be cheering on his fellow contestants for the remainder of the present’s run up till Christmas. He mentioned: “It has been a real honour to be a part of this big, joyful and barking mad TV present.”
Buswell mentioned: “I do know Robert had much more to present to the competitors however his well being in fact comes first and I want him a speedy restoration. I really feel fortunate to have danced with him and to name him a buddy.”
The couple had impressed the judges. In week two they scored 27 for his or her tango with Webb praised for his “composure” and “character”. They fared much less nicely in the latest present, dancing a quickstep to the Muppet Present theme tune dressed as Kermit and Miss Piggy. They scored 25 with Webb’s dancing labelled “jerky”.