‘Rough week’: Delta Goodrem fights back tears as she gives injury update
Delta Goodrem broke down in tears on Sunday while she shared an update with fans after suffering a rib injury.
The Eclipse singer, 41, who is competing on BBC dancing show Strictly Come Dancing was forced to sit out of this week’s performance after landing in hospital twice last week.
The Aussie pop star broke down over the overwhelming amount of support she’s received. Instagram/@deltagoodrem
The Aussie star took to Instagram to record her real-time reaction to the latest episode of the British prime-time series.
Goodrem was in tears as the hosts explained her absence.
“Sadly, Delta has suffered an injury and on the advice of the medical team will not be dancing this week,” host Emma Willis announced to the audience.
“Delta, my darling I know you’ll be watching so I just want to say we are all sending you so much love,” said co-host Johannes Radebe.
“I love you too,” reacted Goodrem as she held back tears and blew a kiss to the TV screen.
“Thanks team. It’s been a rough week. Love you guys!” she captioned the video.
Ahead of the weekend’s performance, the nine-time ARIA winner shared another message reassuring fans she’s been “feeling positive” about her recovery.
Delta Goodrem, pictured with dance partner Kai Widdrington, has been forced to sit out of Strictly Come Dancing this week after suffering a rib injury. Instagram/@Deltagoodrem/BBC
“I promise I’ll share more over the next couple of days, it takes a while to get not a positive mindset when you have a setback, and you just need to be able to process it and work out what the body is saying and how we continue to move through this,” she said in another.
“But in the meantime I’m very excited to see the amazing talented class of 2026.”
“I’m sorry I’m not there for this one but I’m giving it everything I’ve got to be there next week.”
On Tuesday, Goodrem released a statement saying she was “absolutely gutted” to miss her performance due to a rib injury.
Strictly released a statement announcing her injury. Instagram/@BBCStrictly
“I’m going to focus on resting and recovering, and hopefully I’ll be back on the dance floor very soon,” wrote the star.
Goodrem added: “I’ll be cheering everyone on from the sideline’s this week!”
Goodrem and Widdrington topped the leaderboard last week with their Salsa performance. Instagram/@Deltagoodrem
Goodrem and dance partner Kai Widdrington topped the leaderboard last week with their Salsa performance, which was given a score of 33.
The Lost Without You singer joined the cast of the 24th season of the ballroom competition show off the back of her standout performance representing Australia at Eurovision.
Despite Goodrem’s performance being a fan favourite, she missed out on claiming the Eurovision crown.
