Bastian foot is 'colours of the rainbow'

Strictly Come Dancing star Ali Bastian has revealed that her injured foot has gone "the colours of the rainbow".

The soap actress had to perform with the injury last weekend, when she ended up in the bottom two with Zoe Lucker.

"The foot is going to have to be okay. It's going all the colours of the rainbow at the moment, so hopefully the bruises will go down a bit," Bastian told It Takes Two. "We're just getting on with it."

Speaking about her dance-off performance, she said: "I did become a complete bag of nerves. I was terrified and just thought, 'Oh no, I can't dance on the foot again'. I was in a lot of pain every time I stepped on it. I thought it was over, I really did."

Meanwhile, Bastian's professional partner Brian Fortuna admitted that he found it tough watching his best friend James Jordan leave the show last Saturday.

"James is like a brother to me. Since I came over to the UK last year, he's taken me into his house, cooked for me and made me feel like a family member, which he didn't need to do," said the American.

"You walk off and people say, 'It's just a TV show'. But it's not just a TV show. It's a lot more than that - it's Strictly."