JJ, 33, who was badly injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan in 2011 that killed two of his pals, said: “Remembrance Sunday was mixed emotions, coming after Saturday night’s high [on Strictly].“I went for a long walk and got some skies above me for 11 o’clock, then I spoke to mates from the Marines and Invictus days.”He thought about Ollie Augustin and Sam Alexander, who died in a blast that left JJ so badly wounded he needed 30 operations.
JJ said: “The overarching emotion is sadness.Then you pick yourself up and go, ‘All right, what would the lads want me to do right now?
Go out there and live life.’” He also says his days in the military have prepared him well for Strictly.Tonight he and dance partner Amy Dowden will be performing a jive.
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