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🎭 BBC Arts • Thursday, February 12, 2026
⚡ Key Highlights
- Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Robin Windsor struggled with depression after leaving the show
- Actress Lisa Riley, a former dance partner, revealed Windsor’s struggles with money and relationship problems
- Windsor’s depression worsened over time, with his ‘glow’ disappearing, according to Riley
- The dancer’s insecurities about his body and ‘imposter syndrome’ also contributed to his struggles
Dancer Robin Windsor depressed after leaving Strictly, actress tells inquest 7 hours ago Share Save Ian Youngs Culture reporter Share Save PA Warning: This story contains information some readers may find distressing. Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Robin Windsor slipped “deeper and deeper into endless depression” after leaving the show, actress Lisa Riley, a former dance partner, has told his inquest. Windsor, who died at the age of 44 in February 2024, was among the BBC One show’s professional competitors from 2010 to 2013. He also appeared in the 2014 and 2015 Christmas specials but could not perform in the 2014 main series because of a back injury and was dropped for the 2015 series. “It was from this moment, on to the time of his death, he kept slipping deeper and deeper into endless depression. His glow had gone,” said Riley in a written witness statement that was read to West London Coroner’s Court on Wednesday. Money and relationship problems played big parts in his “darker days”, Riley said. The Emmerdale star recalled how the pair shared “many, many happy times to begin with and together we did have so much fun”. They were teamed up for the 2012 series, and reprised their partnership in the 2014 Christmas special. “To say we hit it off was an understatement. We were literally joined at the hip,” she said. The actress added that she and Windsor built up an “incredible trust” and remained friends. “He literally told me everything,” she said. “I trusted him and he trusted me.” Lisa Riley and Robin Windsor danced together in the 2012 series and the 2014 Christmas special Riley said Windsor told her of times of “never feeling good enough” and “imposter syndrome”, and that he was insecure about his body and took steroids which, combined with alcohol, would put him in a bad place. One of Windsor’s ex-boyfriends, singer and X Factor star Mar
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