Tony Adams’ wife spills real reason for Strictly exit after injury

On Sunday’s Strictly Come Dancing episode, Tony Adams, 56, withdrew from the competition after sustaining an injury on the Saturday. The 56-year-old performed a Jive to Wilson Pickett’s Land of 1000 Dances, which was met with cheers from the audience.Their efforts however failed to impress the judges who only scored them 24 out of 40 points.Craig Revel Horwood went as far as calling their dance a “technical disaster”.Following his performance, he landed himself in the bottom two alongside Dianne Buswell and Tyler West.Ahead of the two couples preparing to dance again, Tony made the decision to withdraw from the competition. READ MORE: Karren Brady brands Boy George ‘sanctimonious’ over Matt Hancock swipe Tony Adams withdrew from Strictly Come Dancing after sustaining an injury (Image: GETTY/BBC) Tony Adams celebrated his time on Strictly with his fellow competitors (Image: BBC) Tony Adams decided to skip the dance-off and withdraw from the competition (Image: BBC) Tony Adams’ wife Poppy hit back at a viewer who branded him ‘a coward’ (Image: GETTY)Hitting back, Poppy commented: “Are you a medical professional? Do you know what his injury was?”Do you know that they actually told him NOT to dance and instead go straight to Blackpool and he said no because that would have been unfair to everyone else?”In an emotional speech after his withdrawal, Tony said the show had taught him a lot about himself.He spilled: “I thought this ‘journey’ rubbish was nonsense but, my god, the rollercoaster of emotion.DON’T MISS…Michael Douglas looks frail as he continues to show off new red hair [PICTURED]Lori Harvey leaves little to the imagination in risque sheer outfit [REVEALED]A Place in the Sun ‘extremely saddened’ by Jonnie Irwin diagnosis [REACTION]”I’ve got to be honest, it’s tough, physically it’s really tough out there, but dancing is really fantastic for you.”Go out there and enjoy it and pick up new skills and explore.On the one message he wanted to bring to the show, he told viewers: “If you’ve got an issue with mental health then please don’t suffer in silence and reach out for help.”He went on to describe Katya as an “exceptional human being”.