- Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk
Strictly’s La Voix shared her sadness on Saturday just hours ahead of the show’s iconic Blackpool performance.
The Drag Race star, 45, real name Christopher Dennis, was forced to drop out of the upcoming Blackpool special this weekend after suffering an injury.
And after hitting back at fans who cruelly suggested she had faked her injury to get out of the performance, La Voix took to Instagram as she marked the ‘sad day’.
After she was gifted a bouquet of flowers from Blossom & Ivy, La Voix shared a snap as she penned: ‘Thank you so much Darlings @blossom_and_ivy.
‘This really is a gorgeous surprise on an otherwise sad day of not dancing in Blackpool’.
Strictly’s La Voix has shared her sadness ahead of the Blackpool show on Saturday night after the Drag Race star was forced to pull out due to injury
And after hitting back at fans who cruelly suggested she had faked her injury to get out of the performance, La Voix took to Instagram as she marked the ‘sad day’
Explaining her injury earlier this week on It Takes Two, La Voix told host Janette Manrara: ‘This has been ongoing since the foxtrot.
‘I felt a little niggle in my foot, hence comments about me being flat-footed. I was thinking this will be fine, but it got gradually worse.
‘Until, on Saturday, we had to change shoes. I couldn’t wear heels. I had to wear those awful flat shoes.
‘We tried on Monday and it was really clear I was struggling, in pain, so we decided to be professional and call this, hoping with some rest I can be back.’
A day later La Voix took to Instagram to share an update with fans.
She said: ‘Good morning my darlings. As I’m looking on social media and everyone is on their way to Blackpool, I am off for an MRI scan to see what is actually going on with my foot.
‘I have a bone bruise, which is basically from the repetition of being in the heels and it’s on where my toe joins my foot.
‘It’s like a deep bone bruise, which basically if I keep working on could become a stress fracture.
After she was gifted a bouquet of flowers from Blossom & Ivy, La Voix shared a snap as she penned: ‘This really is a gorgeous surprise on an otherwise sad day of not dancing in Blackpool’
Explaining her injury earlier this week on It Takes Two, La Voix told host Janette Manrara: ‘I felt a little niggle in my foot, hence comments about me being flat-footed. I was thinking this will be fine, but it got gradually worse’
‘Which obviously means a broken foot which is six to eight weeks off my foot in a boot.
‘Which would be awful, so luckily they’ve caught it up before it has got to that stage.
‘And as I said on It Takes Two to the physio team, the whole of the BBC Strictly team have been amazing.
Luckily La Voix and dance partner Aljaž will be able to continue in the competition due to the show rules.
It’s this loophole in the competition that some fans accused La Voix of taking advantage of, with one complaining: ‘Well that’s one way to avoid the dance off… doesn’t seem fair to me.’
Another echoed: ‘Probs being harsh but seems like they reward you for getting injured if you automatically sail through.’
While a third jeered: ‘And just when you were favourite to go next… hmmmm.’
