Strictly Come Dancing stars Hamza Yassin and Will Mellor are both suffering with painful injuries ahead of this weekend's show.
The wildlife cameraman and the Coronation Street actor are two of the fan favourites on the BBC One Latin and ballroom show, which will be marking its seventh week of shows in a few days' time. Hamza impressed with a Tango to Wicked Game in Halloween week whilst Will dressed up as a mummy for his Cha Cha Cha to Mama Told Me Not To Come.
As the pair appeared on Strictly: It Takes Two with their partners Jowita Przystal and Nancy Xu, both Hamza and Will admitted they were dealing with painful injuries as they got stuck into training this week.
Ahead of week seven, Hamza spoke to Janette about how he was struggling with pain in his knees. He explained how he was meant to fall on his front during last week's Tango but was unable to due to the pain.
As a result, he never rehearsed his fall at the end of the dance with Jowita, and just did it the one time on the show. He insisted his knees were ok, admitting it was because he was old rather than any aggravation from rehearsals.
Corrie star Will also appeared on the show, where he discussed dancing the Quickstep with Nancy next week.
He has been working hard in rehearsals, and admitted his feet were going purple in his shoes as he battled through rehearsals. He joked he had asked Nancy if that's what she had expected - to which she laughed and nodded.
It comes after Hamza admitted to The Mirror that he is struggling with aches and pains.
"I started off with bad knees, and the knees are slowly getting better. But each week, it’s a different part of the body that hates me. There’s loads of aching bits," he shared to The Mirror.
"I’ve been having ice baths to try and recover, I sit in them for 45 minutes every evening, until the ice melts, and then get up and have a shower," as he also opened up about his dyslexia struggles too.
"I want anyone watching who has dyslexia to see it as a gift not a hindrance. Inclusivity, that’s what I like about dance, anybody can do it. No matter how small, big, large, tall, short, you can do it. I’ve fallen in love with it."
