Anton Du Beke reveals he was stabbed by his dad because he hated him being a dancer

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Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke has revealed his father stabbed him when he was a young man due to his career choice.Speaking on Life Stories, the dancer told Kate Garraway that his Hungarian dad, Antal - who struggled with alcohol abuse - despised him being a dancer and one night viciously attacked him resulting in a three-night hospital stay, reports the Mirror.Growing emotional as he recalled what happened, he explained: “I got stabbed in the leg and in the stomach because of a fight on Boxing Day.

It was idiotic. An idiotic situation. I remember walking out of the house to walk up to the hospital, holding my leg, and a police car drove past and I waved him down."And I said ‘he’s in there with a knife’ - anyway they carted him off and I ended up in hospital for three or four days."The 57-year-old explained to Kate that his father’s violence was only towards him, rather than his mother Conchita or sister Veronica because he was “a young man”.He said: “You’ve got an alcoholic father and a situation where, if you’re in the house and he’s drinking, you end up with the fights and stuff.

You’d move room to get away from it and he’d follow you in and then the violence starts.”While watching her brother from the audience, his sister Veronica Richards became visibly upset.He said he has never spoken about what happened before, and admits he felt a sense of shame about the incident at the time.Anton added: “My only concern was getting back into the studio and dancing - and the embarrassment of it really.

I’d say I’d pulled a hamstring.“I’m sure my friends and family don’t even know. It’s the first time I’ve mentioned it out loud.