Anton Du Beke: Strictly judge reveals he was stabbed by his father as a child
TV judge Anton Du Beke revealed in a new show that he was stabbed by his father as a child.
Du Beke, 57, said his father stabbed him in the leg and stomach during a Boxing Day altercation at the family home in Kent.
Speaking to Kate Garraway’s Life Stories he said he spent three days in hospital as a result of the attack.
He said his father Antal had “taken a turn” against Du Beke as alcoholism gripped him.
Recalling the incident, Du Beke said: “I got stabbed in the leg and in the stomach because of a fight on Boxing Day and it was 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 them 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. My only concern was getting back into the studio and dancing and the embarrassment of it.”
The Strictly Come Dancing judge, who was previously a professional dancer on the BBC One show, 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.