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.