An emotional Greg Wise held back tears as he dedicated his couple's choice dance to his late sister Clare who died from cancer on Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing.
The Sense and Sensibility actor, 55, performed a disco dance to If You Could Read My Mind by Ultra Naté, Amber and Jocelyn Enrique alongside his partner Karen Hauer.
His late sister Clare - who was a fan of disco music - died of cancer in 2016 aged 51.
Difficult: An emotional Greg Wise held back tears as he dedicated his couple's choice dance to his late sister Clare who died from cancer on Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing
Speaking after the performance Greg looked visibly overwhelmed with emotions as he told Claudia Winkleman: 'People who've left us have never left us, they come back, they visit us, we can dance with them, and they leave again. That's what this was about.'
In a VT before the dance Greg spoke movingly of his 'disco diva' sister and how he cared for her during her illness.
Greg recalled how Claire was first diagnosed with breast cancer and had 'brutal' chemotherapy treatment, but it was later discovered that she also had bone cancer.
Memories: In a VT before the dance Greg spoke movingly of his 'disco diva' sister and how he cared for her during her illness
Family: His late sister Claire - who was a fan of disco music - died of cancer in 2016 aged 51 (pictured with Greg and his wife Emma Thompson)
Star: The Sense and Sensibility actor, 55, performed a disco dance to If You Could Read My Mind by Ultra Naté, Amber and Jocelyn Enrique alongside his partner Karen Hauer
He said: 'Family is fantastically important to me. I feel very fortunate that we've moulded, Emma and I, a family over the years and an extremely important part of the family was my sister Claire.'
He added: 'It's one of the hardest things, when you are with someone you love, witnessing their pain and their fear and to work out what you are able to do to mitigate that.
'I think my sis will be absolutely thrilled that I'm doing this because of her. I hope that she will be laughing like crazy.'
Emotional: Greg said: 'Family is fantastically important to me. I feel very fortunate that we've moulded, Emma and I, a family over the years and an extremely important part of the family was my sister Claire' (pictured with daughter Gaia)
He continued: 'I think my sis will be absolutely thrilled that I'm doing this because of her. I hope that she will be laughing like crazy'
'My gorgeous sister Claire would always have banging disco music on so I wanted to dedicate it to my disco diva sister.'
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