Strictly's Anton Du Beke secretly spent three days in hospital after being stabbed by his dad
ok.co.ukAnton Du Beke has revealed he spent three days in hospital after he was stabbed in the stomach and the leg by his father on Boxing Day while he was living at the family home in Kent.The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 57, said the revelations will likely come as a shock to his friends and family as it is the first time he has spoken about the childhood incident.
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. Appearing on Kate Garraway’s Life Stories, he said: “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 room to get away from all of it and then he follows you in and the next thing you know the violence starts and then it came to a head one evening, I ended up in hospital for three days. “I got stabbed, I’ve never said this out loud before,” he said struggling to hold back his tears on the ITV show.
Anton said he was sure his family and friends did not know about the attack because he never saw any gain from speaking about his ordeal, telling Garraway: “I’m a forward looker…I don’t like to look back, I like to look forward.” Recalling the incident, he continued: “…I got stabbed in the leg and in the stomach because of a fight on Boxing Day and it was an idiotic situation.
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