Strictly? I'm the world's worst dancer!'
New UK|March 25, 2024
A Place In The Sun: What Happened Next? host Danni Menzies on the show she'd love to host and enjoying single life
EVE MACDONALD
Strictly? I'm the world's worst dancer!'

Danni Menzies may be best known for her upbeat personality when she presented Channel 4 property show A Place In The Sun, but 17 months ago the 36-year-old's life was thrown into turmoil when she was hit by a stolen moped.

The Scottish presenter was knocked unconscious during the horror smash in October 2022 - and was left with two black eyes, a bloody cut on her eyebrow and a graze running from her nose and across her lip.

The crash happened outside a newsagents when two women attempted to steal the moped in Battersea, south London, and drive off with it, before losing control and hitting Danni at 30mph. Covered in blood, Danni was rushed to hospital in an ambulance. She suffered with post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic vertigo following the incident.

But now, in an exclusive chat with new, the former model says she feels like she is getting over the experience. "The sun is finally shining for me again," she says.

Here, Danni lifts the lid on the reason she left A Place In The Sun although she has returned for its spin-off show A Place In The Sun: What Happened Next? - reveals what's going on in her love life and pays tribute to her former co-star Jonnie Irwin, who died last month...

Hi Danni! How are you?

I'm good. Life is busy at the moment but I like that. It's been a year and a half now since my moped accident and I feel like I'm finally out the other side. I had PTSD for a long time and I took some time off work. I won't lie things were difficult and I had that worry I wouldn't be able to work again. But I've been challenging myself and making sure I conquer any fear I had.

That sounds difficult. We're glad you're on the mend...

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