Anton Du Beke has revealed he was stabbed in the stomach and leg by his father on Boxing Day.
The Strictly Come Dancing judge, 57, spent three days in hospital after the attack.
He said the revelations will likely come as a shock to his friends and family as it is the first time he has spoken about the childhood incident.
Born to a Spanish mother and Hungarian father, Du Beke lived on a council estate in Sevenoaks.
He discovered his flair for dancing after picking his sister up from the local studio.
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Although his mother encouraged his new hobby, his father, Antal, “took a turn” against Du Beke for his dancing as alcoholism gripped him.
Appearing on Kate Garraway’s Life Stories, Du Beke 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.
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“You’d move room to get away from all of it and then he follows you in and the next thing you know the violence starts and then it came to a head one evening, I ended up in hospital for three days.
“Struggling to hold back tears, he added: “I got stabbed, I’ve never said this out loud before.”
Du Beke said he was sure his family and friends did not know about the attack because he never saw any gain from speaking about his ordeal.
“I’m a forward looker… I don’t like to look back, I like to look forward,” he added.Recalling the incident, he continued: “I got stabbed in the leg and in the stomach because of a fight on Boxing Day and it was an idiotic situation.
“I remember walking out of the house to walk up to the hospital holding my leg and a police car drove past and I waved them down and I said ‘he’s in there with a knife’.
“Anyway, they carted him off and I ended up in hospital for three or four days.”
Kate Garraway’s Life Stories airs on Wednesday at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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