Strictly’s Angela Rippon makes Kai Widdrington cry as she exits competition

Strictly's Angela Rippon reduces Kai Widdrington to tears as she exits competitionStrictly Come Dancing, ITV

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00:00 The last nine weeks have probably been...

00:02 ..the most terrifying, the most fantastic,

00:07 the most glorious, the most joyful that I have spent

00:11 for a very long time in my profession.

00:13 People keep making reference to the fact that I presented

00:15 Come Dancing Here, but that was 40 years ago.

00:17 That was a different time.

00:19 He wasn't even born then.

00:20 LAUGHTER

00:22 But actually being this side of the competition,

00:25 this side of the programme, has been really an eye-opener for me

00:30 in so many different ways.

00:31 The person who really has to get the most credit

00:34 is this gentleman here.

00:35 APPLAUSE

00:37 No, no!

00:42 There's going to be tears! There are.

00:44 I keep telling him, he's an old soul on young shoulders.

00:48 He's 28 and I'm 79.

00:50 There's a 51-year difference in our ages.

00:53 He has looked after me so brilliantly.

00:56 He's a wonderful dancer, a great choreographer,

00:59 but most of all, he's a terrific teacher.

01:01 And he has the patience of a saint.

01:03 He really does.

01:05 And all I can say is that he...

01:07 And you've got me here, so don't you dare cry.

01:09 Oh, my!

01:11 He got me here and he and his partner, Nadia,

01:16 are, in every sense of the word, beautiful people.

01:19 And I am so pleased to have you in my life.

01:22 Thank you.

01:23 So lovely.