Comedian Michale Fry has said he has “no regrets” after he and his professional dance partner Kylee were voted off Dancing With The Stars on Sunday night.
He and his professional dance partner Kylee performed a Samba to Sapphire by Ed Sheeran and following the viewers’ and judges’ votes, the couple were up for elimination with fellow contestants Amber and her dance partner.
He has now become the earliest contestant ever eliminated from the show.
Speaking after Sunday’s broadcast, he said, “I’m good, I’m good. You go into this preparing to go out – no matter how good you think you are.
“I had imagined this happening and it has come to pass and that’s fine with me. I know that I gave everything on both dances and I had a great time doing it so no regrets whatsoever.
“I got to do Latin and ballroom so I got to do a good spread of different things. I feel like I’ve had a full experience even though I’m out in week one.”
Asked what was harder – making people laugh or taking part on the show, Michael said, “Dancing on live TV, 100%. On the first show, I was so frightened, I’ve never been so terrified in my entire life. If I thought stand-up was scary, dancing if you’re not a dancer is much scarier.”
Speaking about what he has taken away from the experience, he said, “I think it was important that I learned something. I never thought I’d win but it was important to enjoy it.
“The lesson I’ve learned is to commit to things. You have to put your all into stuff or it’s not going to be good.”
Asked where it went wrong for him on Sunday night, he said, “I don’t know, I think there are so many different factors. We could talk about dropping the scarf… I don’t know but I don’t think it’s helpful to look back. I’m happy with all of it.”
DWTS continues next Sunday on RTÉ One at 6.30pm with Movie Week.