"Dancing With the Stars" could have lost one of its best players for the season after Derek Hough suffered a serious foot injury.
The professional dancer on the ABC show suffered a broken toe, sprained ankle and bone bruise while rehearsing for the 10th anniversary special, according to a statement from the network.
Hough posted a photo on Instagram Wednesday of himself laid up in a hospital bed, telling his fans: "A fluke accident happened that involved a light and some stairs. Can't believe it, wish I had a cooler story to tell. All that dancing , flipping , jumping and the thing that stops me in my tracks is something as simple as a light and some stairs.
"I'm doing everything I possibly can to have a quick recovery and I'm determined to come back stronger than ever … I'm usually able to work through injury but this one has literally floored me," he wrote.
The network has not yet commented on Hough's status for the rest of Season 20 but said he will be replaced by Sasha Farber as Nastia Liukin's pro-partner for the short-term.
"While rehearsing for the 10th Anniversary 'Dancing with the Stars' television special Monday night in Los Angeles, Derek Hough suffered injuries to his right foot and left ankle. He has been diagnosed with a broken toe on his right foot and sprains to his left ankle on both the inside and outside aspects and a bone bruise on the same ankle," ABC said in a statement.
