Strictly star Anton Du Beke previously opened up about being stabbed by his father as a child.
Anton – who is back on screens tonight (August 31) for Blankety Blank – told Life Stories host Kate Garraway last year that he was hospitalised after being knifed one Boxing Day at their family home in Kent.
The 58-year-old revealed he spent three days in hospital due to the injuries to his stomach and leg. Anton admitted that he lied about how they were sustained to friends because he was embarrassed.
Anton Du Beke stabbed by father
BBC dance show judge Anton said during the interview last year that his dad Antal “took a turn” against him as his father struggled with alcoholism.
Becoming emotional, he told an astonished Kate: “I got stabbed. I’ve never said this out loud before.”
I got stabbed. I’ve never said this out loud before.
Anton continued: “The alcoholism and the violence… [it was] towards me, because I was a boy. A young man, I suppose. You’ve got an alcoholic father and a situation where if you’re in the house [he’s] drinking. Then you end up with the fights and stuff.
“You’d move rooms to get away from all of it. And then he follows you in and the next thing you know the violence starts. Then it came to a head one evening.”
Strictly star Anton Du Beke family
Anton also said he didn’t see what benefit there would be in speaking out.
Strictly Come Dancing star Anton du Beke has revealed he was stabbed by his late father.
‘Speaking out will help people who have been victims of terrible domestic abuse.’ @Kevin_Maguire
The interview on Kate Garraway’s Life Stories is out tonight at 9pm on @ITVX and ITV1. pic.twitter.com/RQBiyl0qWM
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) August 2, 2023
However, he recalled how he did flag down a police car as he walked to hospital holding his leg.
Anton said to Kate: “I waved them down and I said: ‘He’s in there with a knife’. Anyway, they carted him off. My only concern was getting back into the studio and dancing and the embarrassment of it.”
Anton said he spent three days in hospital as a result of the attack.
What happened to Anton Du Beke’s dad?
It was explained at the time of the Life Stories episode that Anton’s father was cleared in court of wounding his son. When he passed away, Anton did not attend his funeral.
He said to Kate: “Everything was about moving forwards. I felt sorry for my mum – this was her husband, she’s working two jobs and he chose to drink and be violent. It’s just life and you carry on.”
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Blankety Blank airs from 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer tonight (Saturday, August 31).
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