Overview

• Dyer says scans showed a hairline fracture and ligament damage, with a grade 2 sprain in one ankle and a grade 1 sprain in the other.
• She recounts a welfare call informing her she could not compete after doctors warned continuing to dance would worsen the injury.
• The TV personality says the forced withdrawal left her struggling to leave the house and has tested her mental health.
• Producers named Amber Davies as her replacement, and Davies and Nikita Kuzmin scored 27 for a waltz after only days of rehearsal.
• Dyer says she hopes to return in a future series if healed, and Danny Dyer noted there was private talk between them about him stepping in.