STRICTLY star Kym Marsh suffered a major panic attack and burst into tears at rehearsals. The TV favourite, 46, struggled to continue dancing as producers attempted to calm her anxiety.
Strictly cast and crew members tried to console her, amid mounting pressure in the BBC contest. An onlooker said: “She was very upset she just couldn’t stop crying and hyperventilating.” “In the end there was no choice but to stop rehearsals.” Kym was rehearsing a quickstep to Sweet’s Ballroom Blitz.
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But she overcame her difficulties to dance again with pro partner Graziano Di Prima, 28, in the live show that evening. The dance received mixed reviews from the judges but it saw the ex-Corrie star through to last weekend’s show, where her scores were much improved.
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