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MasterChef star Gregg Wallace developed cold sores and forced to undergo therapy during Strictly stint

MasterChef star Gregg Wallace revealed that he developed cold sores and had to undergo therapy during his time on Strictly.

Gregg became the first celebrity to be eliminated in that series – losing out in the dance-off against Mrs Brown’s Boys star Jennifer Gibney in week two. And if being knocked out first wasn’t bad enough, Gregg also picked up a nasty health issue during his time on the show. “I was having a really tough time [on Strictly] I was really, really stressed… so badly that the side of my face broke out into a rash, like cold sores,” he revealed.

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