Strictly Come Dancing contestant Laila Rouass has admitted that she feels "guilty" about Phil Tufnell's departure from the show. The actress, who performed with an injured ankle last weekend, avoided the dance-off even though she finished in bottom of the leader board.
The judges only gave the Footballers' Wives star and her professional partner Anton Du Beke a score of 22.
Meanwhile, Tufnell and Katya Virshilas scored 31 their highest score of the series dancing the American smooth.
Rouass told It Takes Two: "I felt absolutely awful. Phil has been with me all day, looking after me.
"He is such a gentleman - I just felt so guilty about it."
Talking about her injured ankle, she said: "I was told by doctors that I could dance and there wasn't going to be any long term damage, but they said it would be extremely painful and tough to get through the whole dance.
"We just thought, people have voted to keep us in, they have paid to make that phone call, it's only fair that I go out there and give it a shot.
"I knew it wasn't going to be great, but I thought, at least give it a go."
She says she will be performing this weekend, despite her injury affecting her training.
"We've trained one hour, the doctor said that I can dance and it should get better," she said.
"We'll do it don't worry. I am panicking a bit. But we've got to do our best."
Du Beke added: "People paid for us to stay in. We'd love to go out there, dance a waltz and say thank you very much."
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