Tom Fletcher broke down in tears as he discussed his 'Strictly Come Dancing' exit.
Tom Fletcher was in tears as he reflected on his Strictly exit
The McFly singer got emotional as he reflected on his time on the BBC One Latin and ballroom show, which came to an end over the weekend after he and pro partner Amy Dowden, who was also teary, lost out in a dance off against Rhys Stephenson and his partner Nancy Xu.
Speaking to Rylan Clark on 'Strictly - It Takes Two', he said: "Don't be nice to me. I will cry and when I start crying, I won't stop.
"I'm only crying because I had the best time and I am so lucky to have done the show."
The 36-year-old star admitted it was a fitting end to go out following their Couples Choice dance to song 'On My Own' from 'Les Misérables', because he did it for his musical star sister Carrie Hope Fletcher.
He said: "I loved it. It was a really special one. I did it for my sister who is a musical theatre actor.
"It was the first time I had a real personal connection to the dance. It felt completely different dancing with an emotional connection like that so I loved it.
"The fact we got to do it twice was quite special and leaving on a dance that meant something to me was sort of perfect.
"When you’re doing it for someone, you don’t want to let them down and it’s Les Mis, everyone loves 'Les Mis' and it’s an amazing song, so the pressure is on.
"But you try to put that to one side and just be in the moment.
"I genuinely felt like both times we danced it, I forgot about everything. I forgot about the pressures of the dance off and we just danced it twice and I loved it both times."
Amy admitted she couldn't have asked for any more from Tom.
Speaking about the judges' critique, she said: "When I watch that dance back, and I’ve watched it so many times, I couldn’t have asked for any more from Tom. To have learnt that [dance] in four days, with full on choreography and to dance it the way he did, I felt the emotion on every single step. Tom was playing the part of Marius and as for the musical, Tom delivered the correct emotion for every movement in that dance."
Tom added: "It felt that was quite difficult going into the dance off.
"Either I gave the judges what they wanted or stayed true to the story.
"All the lifts were choreographed as unrequited love so every time Amy came to be lifted, it was me pushing Amy away so I felt that was the story we were trying to tell. It’s such a well loved musical and I wanted to do that story justice."
'Strictly - It Takes Two' continues every weeknight at 6:30pm on BBC Two and 'Strictly Come Dancing' airs on Saturday and Sunday nights on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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