Dan Walker reveals he sustained his first Strictly injury as he RAN into a ...

Dan Walker reveals he sustained his first Strictly injury as he RAN into a ...
Dan Walker reveals he sustained his first Strictly injury as he RAN into a ...

Strictly Come Dancing star Dan Walker has sustained his first injury while training for the show.  

The BBC Breakfast presenter, 44, ran into a glass door during training on Thursday leaving him with a large lump on his forehead. 

Taking to his Instagram stories to share the mishap with his fans, Dan said: 'Things I learned yesterday... Don't run into glass doors or get a big lump on your head.' 

Ouch: Strictly Come Dancing star Dan Walker has sustained his first injury while training for the show after running into a glass door he told fans on Instagram on Friday

Ouch: Strictly Come Dancing star Dan Walker has sustained his first injury while training for the show after running into a glass door he told fans on Instagram on Friday 

Sitting on his bed in a dark room, Dan took the chance to have a lie down after his accident. 

The star furrowed his brow in exasperation at himself as he told his fans of his first Strictly injury amid gruelling rehearsals for the show's launch on Saturday. 

He then shared a sneak peak of what's to come this weekend with a clip of himself shrugging into a bedazzled tuxedo and holding up a '1' score paddle.   

Dan's bump to the head comes as he revealed on Friday that his children nearly discovered that he was taking part in the show.

'Here we go': The injury comes ahead of the show's launch on Saturday, which Dan teased with footage of him shrugging on a bedazzled blazer

'Here we go': The injury comes ahead of the show's launch on Saturday, which Dan teased with footage of him shrugging on a bedazzled blazer  

Rest: Sitting on his bed in a dark room, Dan took the chance to have a lie down after his accident that left him with a large lump on his head

Rest: Sitting on his bed in a dark room, Dan took the chance to have a lie down after his accident that left him with a large lump on his head

The presenter who has three children with his wife Sarah, confessed they caught him watching a YouTube video titled 'Charleston For Beginners' and immediately questioned him about taking to the dancefloor.

Dan, who said he agreed to do the show because his kids said they 'really wanted' to see him take part, added he has already been warned to avoid introducing any of his 'dad dancing' into his Strictly routines.

Speaking to MailOnline ahead of the series launch, Dan said: 'I nearly gave the game away, we all shared a YouTube account at home and the kids were looking up something and the last thing they saw was ''how to Charleston for beginnings'' and then they said ''dad is there something you want to tell us?''

Oops! Dan has also shared the hilarious moment his children nearly discovered that he was taking part in the show

Oops! Dan has also shared the hilarious moment his children nearly discovered that he was taking part in the show

'Obviously I talked it through with my wife Sarah, I didn't tell the kids until the weekend before the Tuesday I was announced, I don't know why I was so secretive about it, and I had lots of stuff to talk about so I wanted to keep it to one side really.'

Dan had previously revealed that he had been approached by bosses in the past about taking part in the show, and he finally agreed after being persuaded by his family.

He added: 'I've got 3 kids, who are 14, 12 and 10 and they sat me down at Christmas and they said ''dad if you get asked again we'd really like you to do it.''

'I've done a lot of telly that I've wanted to do for a long time, and it's rare to do something your kids are really invested, and they've only ever asked me to do two programmes, Saturday morning mashup and this. 

Learning some pointers? The BBC Breakfast presenter who has three children with his wife Sarah, confessed they caught him watching a YouTube video titled 'Charleston For Beginners'

Learning some pointers? The BBC Breakfast presenter who has three children with his wife Sarah, confessed they caught him watching a YouTube video titled 'Charleston For Beginners'

'And the other reason is that I cover a lot of news and the last 18 months has been grim story after grim story, and I thought an opportunity to do something that's fun and just have a bit of a giggle and learn a new skill.'

'I've rinsed YouTube, my 14-year-old, she went back to dance lessons yesterday so she's told me a few moves and also shaking her head a bit when we have a kitchen disco. 

'My 10-year-old son is a proper little mover, he just enjoys dancing about so hopefully there's some genetic mix that I've got some dancing genes in there. 

'I haven't been doing that much practice in there, normally some music comes on, I move like a goon and they say ''dont do that on the telly.'''

Strictlified! Dan also said he agreed to do the show because his kids said they 'really wanted' to see him take part

Strictlified! Dan also said he agreed to do the show because his kids said they 'really wanted' to see him take part

Dan left his Breakfast co-host Louise Minchin stunned when it was revealed he was part of the Strictly lineup last month, with the presenter furious she hadn't been told before the news was announced live on the show.

He told MailOnline: 'Louise was very surprised, when she was on the programme and she got announced it was a bit of a shock, even though she'd been told it wasn't me.

'She finishes on Breakfast the week Strictly starts, so that's going to be a bit weird.

'I know Naga, Carol, Mike, Chris, Ore there's been a lot of people over the years who have done the show and really enjoyed it as well, They're fully supportive and hopefully I won't let the breakfast team down.'

He's doing what? Dan left his Breakfast co-host Louise Minchin stunned when it was revealed he was part of the Strictly lineup last month

He's doing what? Dan left his Breakfast co-host Louise Minchin stunned when it was revealed he was part of the Strictly lineup last month

This year's Strictly will see 15 celebrities take to the dancefloor with their professional partners, with the pairings set to be revealed in Saturday's launch show.

Stars including actor Greg, comedian Judi Love, singer Tom Fletcher and presenter AJ Odudu will take

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