"It's OK to hurt": Grant Denyer's emotional comeback
Grant Denyer left no dry eye in the audience following an emotional performance on Dancing With The Stars.
The 44-year-old became emotional after his dance partner Lily Cornish, 22, revealed they would be dancing to Shannon Noll’s Don’t Give Up.
He confessed that he hadn’t felt “uncomfortable or nervous or emotionally vulnerable” in a while.
“I’ve spent my life being a smiley television host that pretends everything is OK,” Grant began.
“That is not real life. It’s OK to struggle. It’s OK to hurt. It’s OK to reach rock bottom because you can come out of it, you can climb out of it with a bit of love and a little bit of help, and that was the case for me.”
Following an incredible performance of a Venetian Waltz, Grant and Lily were awarded a perfect score of 40 by the judges.
It was then the TV host broke down explaining why this song meant so much to him.
“I was living the career I had always dreamed of, jumping out of helicopters and wrestling crocodiles. But I'd broken my back and my body was breaking down and I hit a wall,' he explained.
Grant suffered through a painkiller addiction after breaking his back in a terrifying truck accident in 2008 which left him with his vertebrae broken in 11 pieces.
“I've said it before, my family saved my life. And that will be the thread that weaves this dance together.
He told host Sonia Kruger that he did a lot of “healing” through a “very dark period” after owning up to his mistakes.
“One thing I have learnt is that it's OK to make mistakes. It’s OK to fail and that’s a part of being human.
“Whilst that was a very dark period and a hard dance thing to kind of dance to, I just put one foot in front of the other and I’ve climbed my way out of that hole.
“I feel a lot of healing here done tonight. That’s probably why it’s so emotional.
“I know it’s just a dance and dance maybe isn’t important but it’s important to me and this was important to me, and I feel like I can kind of close that chapter with a little bit of love and forgiveness.”
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