The 59-year-old already faces an uphill battle on her hands after landing in the bottom two last Sunday, but the former magician’s assistant is said to be in agony with tendon injuries and is heavily bruised.
Debbie McGee was full of smiles during an appearance on This Morning earlier this week, but it’s been claimed she was putting on a brave face for fans.
“The Samba really pulled the muscles over my hip bones. It actually felt like a tendon had gone over my hip bone, and when I put my weight on my left foot it kept giving way and my leg was buckling,” Debbie told the Daily Star.
“I had more physio after Saturday. They gave me ice packs. I had to go back to the hotel and soak in a bath and put an ice pack on.”
Head judge Shirley Ballas also fuelled suggestions Debbie could face the chop this weekend after Aston Merrygold’s elimination provided the first big shock of the series earlier this month.
“It’s an unpredictable year,” the 57-year-old said during the latest The Graham Norton Show.
The dancer, who replaced Len Goodman, continued carefully: “Let’s wait and see – the audience is unpredictable. I love them all.”
Should Debbie recover in time for tomorrow’s night’s Strictly Come Dancing, she’ll be hoping to impress the judges with her Argentine Tango.
What’s more, bookmakers Betway have slashed the star’s odds of getting the axe from 50/1 to 16/1.
Betway’s Alan Alger, said: “A combination of our research and rumours of injury concerns has sent Debbie McGee’s odds of being eliminated this weekend tumbling to 16/1 from 50/1. Whilst McGee is still very much an outsider for the boot at 16/1, she’s by no means in the clear.”
Strictly Come Dancing continues tomorrow at 6.50pm on BBC One.
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