BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland apologises to Dianne Buswell as he suffers injury setback

Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell are favourites to win Strictly Come Dancing
-Credit: (Image: Instagram/@diannebuswell)


Strictly Come Dancing's Chris McCausland has apologised to Dianne Buswell as he lifted the lid on an injury. The two have emerged as early favourites to win the Glitterball with their incredible performances.

Chris is the show's first ever blind contestant and the Scouse comedian's inspiring journey is winning over the hearts of fans. Crhis is currently preparing to dance the Waltz to You'll Never Walk Alone on tomorrow's episode.

Last week, Chris wowed fans with his Salsa to "Down Under". However, he revealed his preparations for the routine suffered a setback when he sprained his wrist. Writing in his 'Strictly' diary for The Daily Telegraph, Chris said: "As sprains go, it was a mild one and I was deemed fit to dance by the 'Strictly' physio, but I needed to wear a wrist support."

However, he explained how the injury led to a mishap in training as he apologised to his professional partner. He said: "On the Thursday I did actually forget to put this wrist support on an ended up dropping poor Dianne in a rather unflattering heap on the floor. Sorry Dianne."

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Chris' preparation was made even more difficult as he was struck down with a cold. He added: "Last week I had a cold, a horrible stinking cold.

"I mentioned this several times to Dianne. Some would call that moaning. Dianne would call that moaning. Dianne did call that moaning, but I would simply say that I was keeping her up-to-date with what my body was telling me – and my body was moaning."

McCausland continued: "I was feeling particularly bunged up on Friday and Saturday, and I performed all of our run-throughs and the live show struggling to breathe through my nose.

"If you were watching and you thought that I needed to close my big flappy mouth, let me assure you that if I had done so, I would have suffocated halfway through and Dianne would have had to drag me through the rest of it by my one good wrist."

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However, Chris managed to overcome the setbacks to keep his Strictly dream alive. The West Derby comic said he was close to tears at the end of the routine so had to hug Dianne until he was able to speak. He said: "I think we both felt quite emotional after that one didn't we?

"What a blast, and thank you for letting me hold onto you till I knew I wasn't going to cry. You are the absolute best! Slow one this week though eh"

Chris hails from West Derby and has been a stand-up comic since 2003. Chris was born with a genetic condition called retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and lost his sight aged 22. He worked as a web designer until his eyesight began to deteriorate, when he decided to have a go at stand up.

Speaking to the ECHO in 2016, he said: "When I finished uni I focused on designing websites, but then my eyesight started deteriorating and I had enough. I knocked it on the head and tried to find something else to do. I was unemployed for maybe a year and a half and in the end I got a job doing business sales. It was really, really boring stuff - just filling the time until I figured out what I properly wanted to do.

"Then, when I was 26, I got shingles and was signed off from work for two weeks. I was bored out of my head and as a dare from myself I decided to have a go at stand-up.”