Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff has sparked concern amongst fans with a worrying post about Robin Windsor's health.
The Strictly professional paid tribute to her friend and dance partner Robin following his death at the age of 44. In a lengthy post, she spoke to the "pain and devastation" she felt following his passing, and admitted he was "struggling more and more" in the lead up to his death, citing "instability of work" and "excruciating back pain".
In a heartbreaking tribute on Instagram, she wrote: "There is no words to express the pain and devastation. Robin wasn’t just my dance partner, he was a friend and together we shared endless experiences from our careers highlights to hitting Rockbottom of rejection.
Kristina shared a lengthy tribute to Robin
Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff were long time friends"When I got partnered with him on Strictly I was blown away by his kindness, lighthearted personality and amazing loyalty. He had stood by me through many rough times during Strictly for which I am deeply grateful for as there no one else to lean on. He always found the way to bring my spirit up. However his own spirit was absolutely destroyed when he was dropped from Strictly and that’s where I started to see changes in his personality, depression and broken self worth."
Kristina went on to say dancers were some of the worst at neglecting their own health, and explained that following his back injury, he would "often would say that he doesn’t know where he’s going and what will be next".
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She added: "While we went on to do many shows tours gigs & appearances together he was struggling more and more with instability of work and excruciating back pain because of the injury he had suffered during Strictly.
"Sadly, us dancers, always neglect our health because we always after the next gig, the next job and he just couldn’t look after his injury properly until there was nothing left to do but have an operation which also put him out of work for quite some time. Unfortunately 'stage live' of a dancer is short and nobody really cares because there is always the next person who can take your place and that’s the ugly truth. He often would say that he doesn’t know where he’s going and what’s will be next."
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In the lengthy post, she said that Robin had battled with his mental health for many years and was open with fans and friends about it. She said: "Many of you, who went to see his farewell tour, know perfectly well that he spoke very openly about his mental health struggles and thoughts of a suicide. I’m sure it was devastating for anyone who love Robin to hear something like that, but those thoughts were in his head for quite many years and it’s so deeply sad that he felt that he is better to another place rather than stay here. Too much pain too much disappointment, too much Neglect."
"I was asked today to appear on every news outlet, every TV show to pay tribute him to which I said no. Not today, not over zoom saying a couple of words what a great guy he was - the truth is he was an incredible person and it’s absolute tragedy that he felt there was no way out. Thank you for everything Robin, rest in peace," she concluded.
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