Strictly Come Dancing star John Whaite has revealed he was hit by a car in Leeds, with doctors telling him the incident 'could have been fatal'. The baker and author shared the news on Instagram, describing how he 'rolled up the bonnet damaging it and the windscreen, before splatting onto the road and crawling to the pavement'.
Whaite praised an 'angel of a human' who 'threw his coat around me and waited with me for an ambulance'. He added: 'The doctors said, 'Thank god you're 16 stone of muscle because it could have been fatal'.' The star clarified he used the term 'speeding' figuratively, saying he did not know the driver's speed.
Whaite thanked the police and NHS for their support, writing: 'From the officer who was at the scene and the paramedics who kept me chatting and warm, to all the caregivers at the hospital. How lucky we are to have these angel creatures roaming the earth, by our sides.'
The 35-year-old originally rose to fame as a winner of The Great British Bake Off, and was runner-up on the 2021 series of Strictly, where he and Johannes Radebe made history as the first male same-sex couple on the BBC show. Last year, he candidly opened up about his addiction to anabolic steroids.
