JJ Chalmers will head straight to the operating room when he has finished dazzling viewers with his weekly Strictly routines.
The former Royal Marine revealed he is to go under the knife once the BBC show wraps this month, after his leg became inflamed by warzone shrapnel during dance training.
He revealed the close contact with pro partner Amy Dowden leaves him in constant agony. Brave JJ said: “My body is covered in scars and it’s full of shrapnel and frag and stuff from Afghanistan, which can sit quite happily for many years without any real issues. “But the problem is, this one has been exacerbated. “It can be the physical exertion or it could be the exhaustion.
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