Tony Adams ‘in tears’ as Strictly star inundated with support

Tony Adams, 56, had to sadly withdraw from Strictly Come Dancing after injuring himself on Saturday night’s show. The Arsenal legend has been brought to tears today due to the overwhelming support he has received since making the “tough” decision, including a heart-wrenching tribute left by his dance partner Katya Jones. Stop making me cry..Tony AdamsTony’s decision saved Tyler West and Dianne Buswell from last night’s dance-off.Katya and Tony were bottom of the leaderboard after a 1960s-themed jive on Saturday night.The couple performed their Saturday night routine to Wilson Pickett’s Land of 1000 Dances, making the studio audience cheer with excitement after executing a series of roly-polies.Since then, Tony has left an apology on Instagram, while Katya left a touching tribute to the Arsenal legend.Taking to Instagram to reply to the heartwarming tribute, he penned: “Stop making me cry..”READ MORE: Karren Brady brands Boy George ‘sanctimonious’ over Matt Hancock swipe Tony Adams ‘in tears’ as Strictly star inundated with support after issuing tough apology (Image: BBC) Katya left a touching tribute to her Strictly partner Tony (Image: INSTAGRAM) Tony was in tears after his shock exit (Image: INSTAGRAM) Tony Adams scored a mere 24 points on Saturday night (Image: BBC)The Arsenal legend also shared his own touching post last night, apologising to BBC viewers for stepping back from the show.He penned: “There comes a point when you can no longer ignore medical advice, and very sadly my point came tonight.”I’m sorry I couldn’t dance off against my beautiful friend @tylerwestt, but thank you to ALL @bbcstrictly who made this into an unbelievably joyful, tough and exhilarating 8 weeks.”I will miss you all – an exceptionally kind cast and crew. And just, well I have no words for @katyajones.DON’T MISS…Michael Douglas looks frail as he continues to show off new red hair [HOLLYWOOD]John Lennon’s lookalike son Julian makes rare appearance at MTV EMAs [PICS]Paul Hollywood ‘engaged’ to landlady girlfriend after marriage split [LATEST]”She is my absolute rock, queen, nemesis, HERO. I love her to bits. Keep dancing. Tomorrow I’ll be getting the leaf blower out and back to normality.”With sequins. Now always with sequins.”Fellow Strictly star Kym Marsh replied: “What a legend!!! We all need to be a bit more Tony!!!!”While Jayde Adams penned: “I remember you leaning over to me on the launch show and saying to me ‘what the f**k have we signed ourselves up to’ and flash forward 8 weeks and you’re as camp as Christmas.