ZARA McDermott told fans she’s “getting there” as she continues her recovery from her Strictly injury.
The Love Island star fractured her tibia during her time on the BBC dance show.
Zara had surgey in December and later needed crutches and a boot.
Three months later in March she told fans: “The professor who operated on me back in December has advised that I am likely to need further surgery where they put metal screws and plates above and below the fractured area to fuse it together.”
She later added: “Surgery is still an option but I’ve opted for the most natural route which is to try and help it heal on its own…
“Which means for the next few months I’m going to be on crutches and in a boot, which I’m being fitted for today.”
Zara has finally returned to the gym and has been sharing posts from her workouts.
She stunned in her latest photo and said: “Slowly getting there with my strength again.”
Zara claimed her dance partner Graziano Di Prima hit, spat at and kicked her during rehearsals.
Graziano was sacked from Strictly this month after admitting kicking Zara once at rehearsals.
He has since returned to his normal job, working for £6 an hour on a farm in his native Italy.
A source told us: “Graziano has lost everything.
“He is in pieces and filled with remorse. He knows, quite rightly, there is no way back for him in showbiz in the UK. His Strictly dancing career is over.
“He’s fled back home and is living on a farm, earning a pittance, and throwing himself into manual labour.
“He says he is literally living next to some cows- it’s an astonishing fall from grace.”
