Will Mellor broke down in tears after an incredibly emotional Strictly Come Dancing performance in tribute to his late dad.
Will lost his father, Bill, in 2020, and previously said he wanted to appear on Strictly to helpThe soaps actor is paired up with Nancy Xu, with the pair topping the leader-board in week one.
Ahead of their performance tonight, he shared in the pre-recorded VT: ‘It’s a song my dad used to sing to my mum.’ During rehearsals, Will video called his mum and told her: ‘The routine is beautiful, it’s going to be really emotional on the night.’Will and Nancy danced to Lionel Richie’s Three Times A Lady After the emotional performance to Lionel Richie’s track Three Times A Lady, Will was in tears receiving the judges’ comments.
‘I think you’ve done your family enormously proud,’ judge Craig Revel-Horwood shared, before the pair were awarded an incredible 38. ‘I can’t talk at the moment sorry,’ an emotional Will shared, as Nancy said: ‘We want to dedicate this dance to anyone who lost their loved ones and didn’t get a chance to say goodbye.’He added to the camera, to reassure his kids amid the tears: ‘I’m alright kids.’‘It was one of my dad’s favourite songs, he used to sing it to my mum,’ he revealed on an appearance on Thursday’s episode of Loose Women.
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