Kate Garraway says Anton Du Beke 'incredibly brave' for sharing childhood stabbing

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Kate Garraway says Anton Du Beke is “incredibly brave” after speaking out for the first time about a childhood incident, in which he was stabbed by his father.The former Strictly Come Dancing judge made the revelation during a new series of Life Stories, now hosted by Kate.He spent three days in hospital after he was stabbed in the stomach and the leg on Boxing Day while he was living at the family home in Kent.Speaking on The One Show ahead of the episode’s airing, Kate said Anton had “never wanted to let what happened to him define him in any way.”“When he was competing as a dancer he didn’t want to be pitied and he wanted to compete and be seen on the merits of his dancing,” she said.“He didn’t want to give the bad stuff the oxygen, he feels very grateful and he wanted to celebrate that.“He got to the point where he didn’t want to hide or deny his past, as there are other people who are going through it and who are scarred by what they’ve been through.“He thought if I’m going to speak about it, I’m going to do it with Kate.

I hope that people see that he is wanting to share it for some good, not just for the sake of it.”Sharing her thoughts on the episode she continued: “I think he’s incredibly brave, I’m really proud of him and I think it will be an extraordinary watch.“It’s so unexpected, it took everyone’s breath away.”Born to a Spanish mother and Hungarian father, Anton lived on a council estate in Sevenoaks, and discovered his flair for dancing after picking his sister up from the local studio.Although his mother encouraged his new hobby, his father, Antal, “took a turn” against Anton as alcoholism gripped him.“There was abuse, violent, frightening abuse that no child should have to go through,” Kate told The One