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Will Bayley opens up about Strictly Come Dancing injury and behind-the-scenes pressures on ITV This Morning


This Morning guest Will Bayley, who was forced to pull out of Strictly Come Dancing in 2019 due to an injury, made an awkward blunder when he appeared on the ITV show

The table tennis player revealed that the injury, which happened when his professional partner Janette asked him to redo a jump following a "rubbish" attempt, has resulted in a pain he will have to endure "forever". Alison Hammond and Joel Dommett spoke to Will on Tuesday (Image: ITV)Paralympic gold medallists Will and Rob Davies are part of a team of 11 athletes set to represent ParalympicsGB in the table tennis events at Paris 2024. The Paralympian starred on the competition programme back in 2019 and with professional partner Janette Manrara (Image: PA Media)"Ultimately, I think she was under a lot of pressure by the bosses to perform a certain way and I think it was them pushing me that caused the accident," he revealed, but added: "I feel she could have protected me more...

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