Anneka Rice got "quite depressed" after her 'Strictly Come Dancing' stint.

Anneka Rice

Anneka Rice

The 62-year-old TV presenter - who took part in the BBC Latin and ballroom show in 2019 - admitted one thing she "didn't expect" was "how broken" she would be after the show.

She said: "I’d never really been badly injured in my life, considering all the lunatic stunts and things I’ve done.

"But it brings you very low because I obviously wondered whether I’d ever recover.

"I got quite depressed afterwards. The bit I didn’t expect was how broken I’d be, for someone who’s very fit."

The former 'Treasure Hunt' star - who was eliminated from 'Strictly' in week three - also admitted she spent three months having physio afterwards because she had "such bad whiplash" in her neck following her final dance.

Speaking on podcast 'My Mate Bought A Toaster', she added: "I was so broken I’d limp back home ... into an ice-cold bath.

"I think on the whole the experience is, in theory, so joyful you forget things like that.

"It’s like childbirth, you just forget ... but I was in physio for three months afterwards because I had such bad whiplash in my neck because of the last dance I did."

Anneka was partnered with Kevin Clifton on the programme, and following their exit in October 2019 she admitted to feeling "bereft".

She tweeted: "Aw... we're feeling a bit bereft. (sic)"

Anneka became the second celebrity to leave the show in the 2019 series when as her 'Kill Bill'-themed Charleston failed to impress the public or the judges, and she said at the time she didn't have "one negative" about the experience.

Speaking in her exit interview, she said: "To be honest, I’d have saved David and Nadiya. I’ve just loved this whole thing; I’ve not one negative about the whole experience.

"We’ve worked really hard, I’m covered in bruises. I love this man; it’s been a joy to have that honour, that privilege of learning to dance.

"It’s a whole new world to me, Tess. I love all that gang up there! Now I’ve got 11 and a half (dance) moves!

"My son is getting married next year, I’m determined to be able to shuffle onto the dance floor and not do my usual thing of handing out the canapes."