Kym Marsh shared details of the ‘meltdown’ she suffered before the Strictly Come Dancing live show on Saturday evening with her professional dancer Graziano Di Prima.
The actress, 46, landed at the bottom of the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard and said she had ‘lacked confidence’ on Saturday.
Following her performance on the TV show, Kym was left disappointed with her score as she ended up in the dreaded dance off following a score of 27 from the judging panel.
Kym closed Saturday's show performing the Quickstep to Sweet's Ballroom Blitz but received critical comments from the judges as Anton Du Beke said the dance lacked her usual confidence.
Appearing on the show spin-off It Takes Two alongside partner Graziano, Kym said she had a ‘meltdown’ earlier in the day before the live show on Saturday.
She added: “It was a bit of a scary moment closing the show, but Graziano gave me the biggest squeeze – which I didn’t really appreciate, because I’ve got a rib injury still.”
Host Janette Manrara asked the pair how they went about building their confidence after they came close to exiting the show.
Graziano said: “It’s been a process. If I think about the Kym I met the first week and the Kym that last week and this week especially, how she found a way to come out of the tunnel.”
Kym, who has other TV commitments and is mother to four children and grandmother to three, touched on the difficulty of balancing her life with the Strictly preparation.
She added: “Sometimes it’s hard because obviously there’s a lot going on in my life.
“There’s a lot going on – Waterloo Road, my family. Then you take on board learning dances, travelling and everything else.
“Sometimes you can let our head go into a place. Today I managed to get myself out of that on my own.”
Following their Saturday routine, head judge Shirley Ballas argued Kym’s Quickstep lacked 'stamina' and it 'wasn't her best dance'.
However, Craig Revel Horwood disagreed with his fellow judges, he said: “I thought you came out absolutely confident.
“Your frame needs work, we all know that but I thought the footwork was clean and, as Anton said, you flew around that floor, well done.”
