Kaye Adams says that her early exit from Strictly Come Dancing made her 'long-held insecurities' worse - for a number of weeks not less than.
The Free Girls host, from Grangemouth, was first to be booted off the BBC actuality competitors when it first launched in September.
Kaye, 59, has opened up about her journey on Instagram whereas telling her followers that Strictly is not a present to 'heal private wounds'.
The Scots TV and radio presenter added that regardless of her journey being completely different, she realized loads.
Within the put up to her 150K followers, Kaye wrote: "So to start with, large congratulations to all 4 finalists final evening. Each one in every of them had earned the correct to choose up that Glitterball.
"My ‘journey’ was very completely different however nonetheless, I realized loads. My largest realisation was that exterior validation won't ever repair what’s damaged inside.
"If I'm fully sincere, I didn’t even respect it initially - I in all probability did , deep-down, hope that doing Strictly would assist me deal with long-held insecurities and hang-ups about getting older. As an alternative, my early exit in all probability made them worse…not less than for a number of weeks.
"However, what the hell was I anticipating? Strictly is an unimaginable TV present made by unimaginable folks however its function is to entertain mass audiences to not heal private wounds. That must be right down to me.
"We must be our personal decide. The approval of our nearest and dearest and people we've got shut contact with issues however actually, not anybody else's. I used to be sort of dreading going again for the ultimate evening.
"I felt like a little bit of a chump however, ultimately, it gave me just a little little bit of the enjoyment I used to be on the lookout for within the group dance. I haven’t watched my different dances however I've watched this video a number of instances and it makes me smile. I understand how s**t-scared I used to be sitting backstage however I received myself on the market and gave it a go.
"For that, I give myself a good seven. Bonnie and Ian gave me a ten and that meant loads. To all of the fantastic folks concerned in Strictly, particularly @kaiwidd I offer you my thanks.
"Ps in case you're questioning… I had my listening to aids in and so they didn’t fall out once I did the 360! #bbcstrictly#bbcstrictlycomedancing#strictly2022#howtobe60."
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