Kate Garraway: Anton Du Beke is extremely courageous for sharing childhood stabbing
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ate Garraway says Anton Du Beke is “incredibly brave” after talking out for the primary time a couple of childhood incident, through which he was stabbed by his father.
The former Strictly Come Dancing decide made the revelation throughout a brand new collection of Life Stories, now hosted by Garraway.
He spent three days in hospital after he was stabbed within the abdomen and the leg on Boxing Day whereas he was dwelling on the household dwelling in Kent.
Speaking on The One Show forward of the episode’s airing, Garraway stated Du Beke had “never wanted to let what happened to him define him in any way.”
“When he was competing as a dancer he didn’t want to be pitied and he wanted to compete and be seen on the merits of his dancing,” she stated.
“He didn’t want to give the bad stuff the oxygen, he feels very grateful and he wanted to celebrate that.
“He got to the point where he didn’t want to hide or deny his past, as there are other people who are going through it and who are scarred by what they’ve been through.
“He thought if I’m going to speak about it, I’m going to do it with Kate. I hope that people see that he is wanting to share it for some good, not just for the sake of it.”
Sharing her ideas on the episode she continued: “I think he’s incredibly brave, I’m really proud of him and I think it will be an extraordinary watch.
“It’s so unexpected, it took everyone’s breath away.”
Born to a Spanish mom and Hungarian father, Du Beke lived on a council property in Sevenoaks, and found his aptitude for dancing after choosing his sister up from the native studio.
Although his mom inspired his new passion, his father, Antal, “took a turn” towards Du Beke as alcoholism gripped him.
“There was abuse, violent, frightening abuse that no child should have to go through,” Garraway instructed The One Show.
“It affected his siblings, his mum worked very hard 24 hours a day to keep going and his father was an alcoholic.
“His family, including his wife, didn’t know about this stuff…. But I think he got to the point where he felt he shouldn’t feel any shame and it was OK to do it.”
Du Beke beforehand stated that the revelations would seemingly come as a shock to his family and friends, as it’s the first time he has spoken concerning the incident publicly.
The 57-year-old was the longest-serving skilled dancer on Strictly, having been a fixture on the BBC One collection because it started, till he swapped the dance flooring for the judging panel to take over from departing decide Bruno Tonioli completely in 2021.
His superstar companions over time have included former dwelling secretary Jacqui Smith, cleaning soap star Emma Barton and politician Ann Widdecombe.
Off the dance flooring, Du Beke is an writer having revealed novels together with We’ll Meet Again, One Enchanted Evening and A Christmas To Remember – and his solo tour, An Audience With Anton Du Beke begins this month.
Actor Omid Djalili and Ruby Wax have additionally spoken to Garraway for this run of Life Stories.
Kate Garraway’s Life Stories airs on Wednesday at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.