Anton: I was stabbed by my violent father

ANTON Du Beke has revealed he was stabbed in the stomach and leg by his father when he was a youngster.

- Ellie lorizzo

The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 57, said he spent three days in hospital after the shocking incident one Boxing Day.

Born to a Spanish mother and Hungarian father, Anton grew up on a council estate in Sevenoaks, Kent.

Alcoholism

He said his father Antal "took a turn" as alcoholism gripped him.

Appearing on Kate Garraway's Life Stories, Anton said: "The alcoholism and the violence, it was towards me, because I was a boy, a young man I suppose.

"You've got an alcoholic father and a situation where if you're in the house, he's drinking, then you end up with the fights and stuff.