Strictly’s Nigel Harman appears glum simply hours after present exit
Devastated Nigel Harman was seen trying glum as he made his option to Strictly’s Elstree studios simply hours after it was introduced he had been pressured to stop the present.
Dressed neatly in flip up denims, a darkish coat and go well with footwear together with his hair combed again, Nigel, 50, acquired right into a taxi alone to take him to be reunited with dance companion Katya Jones the place the pair of them are anticipated to clarify the rationale behind the actor quitting.
Despite his journey again to the Hertfordshire studios to see his Strictly co-stars, the previous Downton Abbey star gave the impression to be down within the dumps as he left his dwelling in Twickenham, South West London which he shares with spouse Lucy Liemann, clutching a go well with bag and a navy rucksack.
Nigel’s go well with gave the impression to be from Savile Row tailor Chris Kerr which describes itself as ‘a bespoke tailor within the strictest Savile Row custom’.
An onlooker mentioned: ‘Nigel didn’t precisely look very joyful, it has been fairly a 24 hours for him. He didn’t crack a smile regardless of going again to see the Strictly household.’
Devastated Nigel Harman was seen trying glum as he made his option to Strictly’s Elstree studios simply hours after it was introduced he had been pressured to stop the present
Dressed neatly in flip up denims, a darkish coat and go well with footwear together with his hair combed again, Nigel, 50, acquired right into a taxi alone
He is to be reunited with dance companion Katya Jones the place the pair of them are anticipated to clarify the rationale behind the actor quitting
He and Katya have been attributable to carry out a Charleston to Step in Time from Mary Poppins as a part of the programme’s ‘musicals week.’
Earlier within the day Katya was seen rehearsing alone on Saturday morning, simply hours earlier than BBC bosses confirmed that he was leaving the present. It is known that his closing rehearsal session was on Friday.
Nigel’s exit from the present comes per week after ‘steamy’ pictures emerged of him and Katya practising their strikes of their steamy Rumba routine at a North London studio.
Sources near the pair say that they’d been ‘coaching late each night time’ final week in a bid to stay within the competitors and make it to subsequent week’s semi-finals.
One mentioned: ‘They’ve been coaching since final weekend, they have been decided to remain within the competitors.
‘They have been beginning early and ending late, they knew they have been in with an opportunity of successful so that they have been giving it their all. It’s very unhappy for them each.’
Just at some point earlier than his exit, Nigel had mentioned how gruelling the fast-paced Charleston had been on his physique and admitted he was very worn out.
During an look on Steph’s Packed Lunch on Thursday, the star mentioned he could be ‘impressed’ if he was nonetheless standing after the troublesome routine.
‘Every time we end this routine, I’m actually on an oxygen masks for about 5 minutes. If I’m nonetheless standing by the top of Saturday night time, I’ll be impressed,’ he mentioned.
Katya was seen rehearsing alone forward of Strictly Come Dancing’s stay present on Saturday, simply moments earlier than her companion Nigel Harman was pressured to stop.
The dancer, 34, and the actor, 50, have been gearing as much as carry out a Charleston to Step in Time from Mary Poppins for the quarter finals when catastrophe struck.
Nigel has now to pull out of the BBC dance contest on medical grounds after sustaining an harm, which is alleged to have left him ‘actually disenchanted’.
Katya was seen on the telephone as she attended rehearsals at Elstree Film Studios in Hertfordshire.
She wore a fitted lengthy sleeve black prime with a pair of sizzling pink printed leggings and her hair pulled again from her face.
Nigel’s exit leaves simply Ellie Leach, Bobby Brazier, Layton Williams and Annabel Croft nonetheless left within the contest battling it out in a bid to win the long-lasting glitterball trophy.
Nigel stop Strictly Come Dancing simply hours earlier than Saturday night time’s stay present after sustaining an harm.
Katya Jones, 34, was seen rehearsing alone forward of Strictly Come Dancing’s stay present on Saturday, simply moments earlier than her companion Nigel Harman was pressured to stop
The dancer, 34, and the actor, 50, have been gearing as much as carry out a Charleston to Step in Time from Mary Poppins for the quarter finals when catastrophe struck.
The dancer and the actor have been gearing as much as carry out a Charleston to Step in Time from Mary Poppins for the quarter finals when catastrophe struck (pictured final week)
The BBC confirmed to MailOnline: ‘Unfortunately Nigel has sustained an harm which suggests he’s unable to carry out in tonight’s present and has needed to withdraw from Strictly.’
‘We want Nigel a speedy restoration they usually each shall be very a lot missed by our complete Strictly household,’ the official Strictly Instagram account added in a put up confirming his departure.
Just at some point earlier than his exit, Nigel had mentioned how gruelling the fast-paced Charleston had been on his physique and admitted he was very worn out, whereas photos from Friday additionally confirmed him rehearsing within the studio for the fast-paced routine.
Nigel had opened up about his love of musicals throughout an look on It Takes Two on Friday and appeared in good spirits concerning the extravagant routine.
He instructed host Fleur East: ‘I simply love musicals, I really like the singing and dancing and the heightened feelings of all of it. We’ve acquired this banger this week, it is full on showbiz.’
He added: ‘There’s leaps, there’s carries and we’re flying round and I find yourself needing oxygen each time I do it. It’s full on but it surely’s thrilling.’
Katya was seen on the telephone as she attended rehearsals at Elstree Film Studios in Hertfordshire
She wore a fitted lengthy sleeve black prime with a pair of sizzling pink printed leggings and her hair pulled again from her face
Nigel has needed to pull out of the dance contest on medical grounds after sustaining an harm, the BBC confirmed
‘I’m not gonna lie, the Rumba simply form of mincing round wafting my hips in a normal path with some arms was beautiful, perhaps one bead of sweat.
‘This week, St John’s ambulance are on standby.’
Had Nigel remained with the present and gone by way of to the following spherical, he would have made it to the semi-finals and hinted he would have struggled to be taught two routines in a single week.
He mentioned: ‘Two dances in per week, I hear it is potential however I’m simply going to stroll blindly with it and fake that every part is ok!’
Nigel – who’s married to Lucy Liemann – reportedly missed coaching on Saturday morning, whereas Katya was seen in attendance, after working ‘actually laborious’ in rehearsals to attempt to safe a spot within the closing.
A supply instructed The Sun: ‘Nigel wasn’t in coaching this morning, and different dancers have been knowledgeable afterward within the day. He and Katya have been actually disenchanted as they have been hoping to remain within the competitors.
‘They hadn’t been within the backside two so had an actual probability of constructing it to the finals. Nigel has been coaching actually laborious and actually by way of himself into rehearsals.’
Nigel has not but expanded on his departure from the present, however merely shared the official Strictly assertion to his personal Instagram Stories.
