The 2022 'Strictly Come Dancing' stars have a WhatsApp group to support one another through their "wobbles".
Will Mellor reveals the 'Strictly' stars have a WhatsApp group
Will Mellor - who is partnered with Nancy Xu on the BBC One Latin and ballroom contest - has revealed the celebrities, including Matt Goss, James Bye, Fleur East and Helen Skelton, have all been supporting each other throughout the intense journey and he admits he hearing everyone else experiencing similar struggles helps to "take the load off".
The former 'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps' star told Metro.co.uk:"We have a WhatsApp group we started before we even started just to sort of gel together a little bit; the production said it was a good idea to do.
"It has helped a lot of people, especially if you have a wobble, everyone has a little wobble. Someone might say, 'Oh, I’m really finding it tough this week. The routine is really hard and I’m aching.'
"And we’re all sending pictures of ourselves soaking our feet, or with ice on our knees and it helps you take the load off when you know other people are going through the same thing. It helps that we help each other out.
"We are all in this together and even though obviously is a competition, we’re not in competition with each other. The group is really there to support each other and we’ve got a great little bond going.
"We’ve all been thrown into the deep end and we’ve all got the same goal."
The 46-year-old actor, who jokingly compared 'Strictly' to being "tortured", insists that while he's in it to win it, he doesn't want to "overdo" his training so he's unable to perform on the night.
Will laughed: "It’s like being tortured from the feet up, I’ll tell you. My body’s not used to this. And also I’m not a young man anymore so I don’t bounce like I used to. You know when you’re a kid and you fall over and you just get straight up, now I just stay down.
And I’ve got old injuries from football injuries, so my knees are not very good and I’ve had operations; it’s just wear and tear. I really have to look after my body.
"We can only train as much as we can because if you overdo it, you could injure yourself, and then I won’t be able to make the show. It is hard. It really is."
'Strictly Come Dancing' continues on BBC One on Saturday (08.10.22) from 6.30pm.
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