Julie Goodwin‘s Dancing With The Stars future is up in the air after tearing her calf muscle in two places during rehearsals.
The MasterChef Australia season one winner, 53, was set to take to the dance floor last Sunday with dance partner Andrey Gorbunov, but was forced to withdraw from round one at last minute.
Goodwin said she was ‘absolutely devastated’ after being told by doctors she may have to sit this season of the show out.
‘I was in enormous pain when it happened – sweating bullets. It was the kind of pain that you can’t even sort of tell people “I’m Ok.” Because I wasn’t OK, I really wasn’t,’ she told Woman’s Day.
‘I had to be carried out of the studio, because I couldn’t even put my foot down on the floor.’
Julie was told she by doctors that the injury was ‘very, very serious’.
‘When I got that news from the doctor, I thought, well “that’s the end of that.” I just felt shattered,’ she added.
The TV chef said she ‘put everything aside’ and committed to being as fit as she could be for the show.
Julie Goodwin ‘s Dancing With The Stars future is up in the air after tearing her calf muscle in two places during rehearsals. Pictured with dance partner Andrey Gorbunov
But the 53-year-old remains determined to return to the dance floor.
‘I don’t give up that easy… I’m stubborn. The doctors can tell me what the doctors want to tell me and then I’ll take that under advisement and see if I can prove them wrong,’ she told the publication.
The moment Julie sustained the agonising strain was shown during Dancing With The Stars’ premiere, with the chef appearing in the studio to discuss the accident.
Goodwin said she was ‘absolutely devastated’ after being told by doctors she may have to sit this season of the show out
The footage showed Julie screeching in pain as her leg gave out while dancing, before she was shown getting the crushing news in hospital.
‘We need you to stay off that calf so we can give you every opportunity to be dancing as quickly as possible,’ doctors advised.
Despite the setback, Julie remained optimistic, telling hosts Sonia Kruger and Dr Chris Brown: ‘It’s gonna be alright… we’re gonna be alright. Bedazzle a moon-boot and away we go.’
‘I was in enormous pain when it happened – sweating bullets. It was the kind of pain that you can’t even sort of tell people “I’m Ok.” Because I wasn’t OK, I really wasn’t,’ she told Woman’s Day
SAS Australia’s Ant Middleton, AFL stars Shane Crawford and Ben Cousins and Olympian and former senator Nova Peris are also strutting their stuff on the dance floor.
Rounding out this year’s competitors are comedian Nikki Osborne, Home and Away’s James Stewart, Better Homes and Gardens presenter Adam Dovile and chef Hayden Quinn.
The moment Julie sustained the agonising strain was shown during Dancing With The Stars’ premiere, with the chef appearing in the studio to discuss the accident