Former Strictly finalist Maisie Smith couldn’t conceal her emotion as she was proven a clip on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch that she wasn’t anticipating to see.
The 24-year-old was topped the winner of Movie star SAS: Who Dares Wins again in 2022 and she or he’d forgotten simply how gruelling the expertise had been – and she or he simply could not struggle again her tears.
Maisie admitted to presenters Simon Rimmer and Tim Lovejoy that she’d discovered the present bodily exhausting, telling the hosts there was no restpite. Producers didn’t permit the forged to take a break when the cameras weren’t rolling, she confirmed, earlier than admitting: “It was simply so intense.”
She additionally recalled being compelled “to hold 20kg of sand” inside her backpack each time they’d set out for a problem – one thing everybody was anticipated to do.
The ex-EastEnders star defined that this was notably difficult for her as a result of she had been carrying “virtually double” her personal weight on her again every time.
Tim was eager to point out Maisie in motion on the programme, as a clip of the cleaning soap star started to roll. Maisie was proven throughout an especially fatiguing second.
She was nearing the top of adverse job and was made to hack her manner up an enormous sand hill with the additional weight on her again. It was evident that the previous Strictly star was struggling.
Billy Billingham was proven shouting at her: “Come on quantity 12,” as she took minute steps however by no means gave up. Billy screamed: “I need to see you sprinting.”
Reacting to his phrases, miraculously, Maisie discovered some power from deep inside and started to run up the steep sand hill.
Again within the studio after the clip had performed, the TV star was visibly moved. She struggled to struggle again her tears, telling the hosts: “Sorry, I do not know why I’m crying.”
Wiping away her tears, Maisie stated: “I used to be so younger and it was such a giant problem.” Breaking down once more, she instructed the hosts: “They all the time known as me the pocket rocket. I used to be so sluggish and I by no means gave up.”
By means of her sobs, she added: “I simply did not need be the woman that quits; I am very pleased with myself.”
Celebrating her proud second, Maisie additionally revealed that she had been the smallest and the lightest by way of weight to ever win the present.
Tim supplied Maisie some consolation, telling her: “You have to be so pleased with your self.”
Hey then moved on to debate her time on Strictly – one other big achievement as she made the ultimate alongside skilled dancer Gorka Marquez in 2020.
Sunday Brunch airs each Sunday, from 10am.
