Helen Skelton took to Instagram in tears in the aftermath of this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing results show, despite making it through to another week on the show.
Ex Blue Peter star Helen has had an emotional time of things on Strictly so far; fleeing rehearsals through a fire exit before the first live show as the pressure got to her, before making a tearful return after some encouragement from Gorka. Since then, Gorka and the Strictly judges have urged Helen to have more confidence in herself and her abilities, with Gorka speaking out on Saturday, October 15's live show to tell Helen how "amazing" she was and that she was the one who needed to believe that, days after it was reported that ex husband Richie Myler was expecting a baby with his new girlfriend.
Helen and Gorka had quite a night in the ballroom for the Strictly BBC 100th Birthday special, as the 39-year-old went back to her TV roots, by dancing a Charleston to the Blue Peter theme. Helen looked like she was having a ball on the dancefloor and her enthusiasm was rewarded, as she and Gorka finished joint top of the leaderboard, with a series high score of 35 out of 40.
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Having been favourite to win before week one, Helen is still very much in the mix in the eyes of bookies, when it comes to Strictly 2022 champion and her and Gorka are now through to Halloween Week, having yet to fall into the bottom two. Someone who did fall into the danger zone for the first time this weekend was Jayde Adams and, after having to compete in the dance-off with Molly Rainford, the comedian and pro partner Karen Hauer were eliminated by all four judges.
Having forged a close friendship with Jayde over the last few months, Helen was gutted by the Strictly result and took to her Insta story on Sunday night in tears. Standing next to Gorka, Helen said: "I'm really happy that we're through and thank you so much for being kind to us. But, I'm crying because Jayde and Karen are our girls, they're our famm, so I'm very sad."
Turning to Gorka, she quipped: "So we have to be very good now right?" as he replied: "Just want to thank everybody for your love and support and we're just going to be doing our best."
Jayde shone the spotlight on the close bond between her and Helen at the start of last week. Posting a photo of the pair having a meal out, Jayde wrote: "Two strong confident independent women, eating roast dinners after a big weekend. @helenskelton"
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