Strictly’s Robert Webb breaks 'silence' and talks about returning for the final

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15 Dec 2021, 10:28

Poor Rob. He was all set to make his dancing mark this year but was forced out of the competition in week three due to health issues. And now he's confirmed he won't be making a return for the final this weekend in the group dance alongside partner Dianne Buswell.

The Peep Show star - who had open heart surgery only two years ago - left the contest prematurely after 'biting off way more than he could chew'. And who can blame him?

Robert shared the gutting news on Instagram and said: "I seem to have switched from public to private mode and one of the effects of this is people will inevitably find their ways to interpret my 'silence'.

"It isn’t really silence, of course. It’s just doing other stuff. But I thought I ought to pipe up because I won’t be in the group dance of the Strictly final this Sat.

"I didn’t want my absence (or my ‘silence’ about it) to be taken as evidence of any kind of bad feeling towards the show.

"The producers understood that when I had to stop, I had to stop completely. Dianne & Joe came for lunch a few weeks ago and m’partner gets it," he explained.

"If I gave out a few more details about what the show had been doing to me physically & mentally, you wouldn’t be surprised that the offer of one more dance was politely declined.

"More generally, I’m sorry that my departure buggered up the format so there are only 3 couples in the final (a lot of angry Rhys fans out there – guys, you do know that if I’d tried to do week 4 but had then dropped dead during the show, it would *still* be a three-couple final, yeah?).

"Anyway, the headlines are: sorry about everything, I’m not doing the thing, I’m fine now btw, and do enjoy the final which will obviously be brilliant because they’re all brilliant. See ya!"

So he'll be toe tapping at home along with the rest of us.