Denise van Outen left Lorraine Kelly wincing as she came clean about a Strictly Come Dancing injury that left her needing to have her voice box cut out.
Former Big Breakfast host turned West End leading lady Denise was a contestant on the hit BBC ballroom show nearly a decade ago now but something viewers were never aware of was the extent of a rehearsal injury that left her needing spinal surgery when pro partner James Jordan dropped her on her head.
Denise and James made it all the way to the final that year, in the series won by Olympic gymnast Louis Smith but Strictly bosses and fans at home were kept in the dark about the horrific injury, with Denise telling James she 'didn't want to get James in trouble.'
