BBC Strictly’s Dianne Buswell issues heartbreaking update: ‘Wish I could hold your hand’
Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne Buswell has previously opened up about the challenges of being away from home during her beloved dad's health battle.
Dianne Buswell shares update on her father's health
Strictly Come Dancing professional Dianne Buswell has shared an emotional update on her dad Mark’s health.
The BBC star has previously opened up about the difficulties of being away from her native Australia while her dad struggles with ill health.
Taking to Instagram, the 34-year-old dancer revealed that Mark is undergoing his first round of chemotherapy.
Sharing a snap of her dad waving from his hospital bed, she told her 969,000 followers: “I’m so proud of you dad.
“First round of chemotherapy today ! i wish i could be there to hold your hand and support you in person,” she added with a heart emoji.
“But i do know that i’m making you so proud over here in my concert every week !
“The Australian nurses and drs are now very aware of strictly come dancing as my dad won’t stop talking about it,” she added with a laughing emoji and more heart emojis.
“You can do this daddy xxx go mark @mark.3802 @rinabuswell.” (sic)
Dianne is competing in this year’s series of Strictly alongside EastEnders actor Bobby Brazier.
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She first opened up about her dad’s health news last month in a Q&A session on her YouTube channel
“Last week I got some news about my dad’s health,” she revealed at the time. “I’m not going to go into detail, but obviously that affected me.
“Being away from home and not being able to support and help your family in a time of need is quite a difficult thing.
“So I did struggle a little bit last week in terms of that,” she continued. “And obviously, if you follow me on here, you know that my family were all going to be coming here for Christmas.
“My mum and dad were going to come and watch me in the show - that won’t be happening now,” she confirmed, “So I’m now going to go home to Australia.”
She then added: “There’s a little road ahead for my dad but I 100% believe he’s going to be fine and we’re all going to get through it together.
“If we could just have a little thought for my dad or a little prayer for my dad I would be very much appreciative and grateful for that.
“My dad, as you know, is the sweetest, kindest man you’ll ever meet and the one thing that my dad really wants is for me to keep going and to keep dancing my little heart out and doing what I love, because that makes him the absolute proudest.
“So I am going to try my best to do an amazing job every single week, regardless of whether I go home to my dad with a glitterball or not,” she finished.
Strictly Come Dancing airs from Blackpool this Saturday at 6.40pm on BBC One.
