Danny O'Carroll has waltzed his way into the DWTS final and while he's so 'grateful' to be involved, he's also ready to hang up his dancing shoes and take a break.
Ahead of the final, the Mrs Brown's Boys actor spoke of how the show has not only been physically challenging but mentally as he's spent so much time away from his partner Tina and his sons Jamie and Blake.
Danny already feels like a winner for getting into the final, and whether he lifts the coveted Glitterball or not, there's only one way he's rewarding himself afterwards... a relaxing trip to the States.
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Danny will have his bags packed and is jetting out to Florida to spend time with his dad Brendan O'Carroll soon after DWTS wraps.
'Your life just gets put on hold when you do the show. That's the way it is. So I'll take a couple of weeks off, and then in April we start filming a new series of Mrs Brown's Boys over in Scotland,' he said.
Speaking about what will go down in Florida, Danny said: 'My dad organises a holiday every year for about 18 guys, and he flies us all over to play golf for ten days.
'[The tournament is] called the Crystal Mickey and everybody wants to go on it. It's just the most amazing trip.'
'It's the exact trip that I need for after doing this show because it's not like a lads holiday where we all go into the pub; we really do play golf, but we all come back and we all sit around the house and everybody talks and tells everybody what's going on.
'People out there, they seem to help each other, and they always introduce people to help other people and it really is just the most amazing.
'You come back from that holiday feeling like you can take on the world, so it's one that has that effect on people.'
'That's why it was so good to see [my dad] last week,' Danny added. 'When he's around, you just feel like everything's gonna be okay. He does that not just for me, he does that for anybody that he knows.
'Everybody gets that feeling from him. When you spend a couple of hours with [him] you feel like you can go and take on the world.'
