Strictly Come Dancing: Helen Skelton honours Tony Adams as he withdraws from the BBC show due to injury

Neve Wilkinson
By Neve Wilkinson
Published 14th Nov 2022, 15:55 BST
Helen Skelton and Tony Adams at the live Strictly Come Dancing show on Saturday. This was Tony’s last show of the series, after he withdraw following a hamstring injury. (Credit @helenskelton Instagram)Helen Skelton and Tony Adams at the live Strictly Come Dancing show on Saturday. This was Tony’s last show of the series, after he withdraw following a hamstring injury. (Credit @helenskelton Instagram)
Helen Skelton and Tony Adams at the live Strictly Come Dancing show on Saturday. This was Tony’s last show of the series, after he withdraw following a hamstring injury. (Credit @helenskelton Instagram)
Helen had previously said, whilst appearing on The One Show, that Tony was her “biggest competition” in the series

Helen Skelton has thanked Tony Adams for his friendship and entertainment, following his shock exit from Strictly Come Dancing.

The Countryfile presenter, 39, took to Instagram to honour the former football manager, 56, who was forced to withdraw from the BBC show after his Jive on Saturday night.

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Tony picked up a hamstring injury during his dance to Land of 1000 Dances with partner Katya Jones, and was unable to compete in the dance-off against DJ Tyler West and his partner Dianne Buswell - putting the pair through to next week’s show.

Helen Skelton and Tony Adams at the live Strictly Come Dancing show on Saturday. This was Tony’s last show of the series, after he withdraw following a hamstring injury. (Credit @helenskelton Instagram)Helen Skelton and Tony Adams at the live Strictly Come Dancing show on Saturday. This was Tony’s last show of the series, after he withdraw following a hamstring injury. (Credit @helenskelton Instagram)
Helen Skelton and Tony Adams at the live Strictly Come Dancing show on Saturday. This was Tony’s last show of the series, after he withdraw following a hamstring injury. (Credit @helenskelton Instagram)

Helen described her friendship with Tony as something she “didn’t expect to happen on this Strictly journey”, as she honoured their parenting debates and rugby discussions.

The mother-of-three, who recently split with Leeds Rhinos star Richie Myler, wrote: “This one …… of all the things I didn’t expect to happen on this strictly journey was that I would have a weekly debrief/chat/parenting debate/rugby discussion with @tonyadamsofficial thank you for your friendship and thank you for entertaining us in every way ❤️🙌”

Tony and Katya have been at the bottom of the leaderboard six weeks out of eight, scoring only between 15 and 31 from the judges.

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