DENISE Van Outen has revealed she continued skating for 15 hours after dislocating her shoulder because she didn't want to "bother" the NHS.
The 46-year-old dislocated her shoulder and fractured the bone in three places after she took a tumble on the ice last month during rehearsal.
Denise made efforts to continue in the show, even singing live for audiences at home - but the pain proved too much for her and sadly had to resign from the series.
And now the West End star revealed that she spent 15 hours skating with her "unbearable" injury before she went into hospital - because she didn't want to "bother" the NHS, which is dealing with the Covid pandemic.
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