Matt Goss has opened up about a rare health condition after thanking the "discreet" team at Strictly Come Dancing following his exit from the show.
The Bros star, 54, has been speaking out about living with Poland syndrome as he praised those who supported him during his time on the hit BBC dancing competition.
The singer was third celebrity to face the chop after an audience vote and he was pretty emotional as he said goodbye.
Matt later had a candid chat about the disorder in which affected individuals are born with missing or underdeveloped muscles on one side of the body, as writes the Mirror.
Matt shared he has “one pectoral muscle on the right side instead of two. The lower one is missing, but the upper one is fine and strong.”
The musician also revealed he used to "pose covering that side" of his chest while he was the chart-topping frontman of Bros.
He went on to praise Strictly’s costume team, who had been “kind and discreet” when it came to outfit fittings during his month on the programme.
“It has been one of my favourite things about the Strictly experience - the costume team were relative strangers at the beginning, but from the start, they’ve always been very kind and discreet – it has really touched me," he told the Daily Mail.
“If I get a jacket made it will pull on the right side more. I have it tight on my right so it counterbalances my left side. Slim tailoring is good for me and my fashion is determined by my chest shape.”
He made it clear he was not “disadvantaged” on account of his condition.
Matt is determined to show children with Poland syndrome that they are still just as capable as anyone else.
“I’m not disadvantaged, and I want kids to know that,” he said. “I am going to look at creating some kind of charity to build confidence, to show kids with the syndrome they can achieve everything in life.”
The Bros star ended up in the bottom two and had to take part in the dreaded dance off against former soap star Kym Marsh and her professional dance partner Graziano Di Prima.
The 54-year-old danced his jive to All Shook Up by Paul McCartney again after failing to impress the judging panel on Saturday evening (October 15) when he and Nadiya scored just 20 points. Meanwhile, Kym, 46, and Graziano impressed again with their second performance of their samba to Volare by Gipsy Kings.
After both couples had danced for a second time, the judges delivered their verdicts, with all four opting to save Kym and Graziano. Craig Revel Horwood commented: “I think both couples went up a major notch – I mean, Matt, you went fantastically mad in that, I loved it, and Kym, you were really great in that. But the couple I would like to save is Kym and Graziano.”
Meanwhile, head judge Shirley Ballas, who has previously disagreed with her fellow judges’ decisions, said: "I also felt that both couples were 100% committed, spot-on performances today. But the couple with a little bit more technical skill was Kym and Graziano and that’s who I’d save."
Speaking to host Tess Daly after the results, Matt said: "It’s an extraordinary experience."
Strictly Come Dancing continues next Saturday at 6:40pm for its BBC 100 Special on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with the result at 6:45pm on Sunday.
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