'Stuff going on' Matt Goss hints at 'rare' health issue impacting his Strictly performance

Matt Goss, 54, was voted off Strictly Come Dancing last week in a dance-off against Coronation Street's Kym Marsh. As the singer recorded his new Christmas single The Beautiful Unknown, Matt took time to speak to Express.co.uk about his time on the show and the criticisms he received from not "smiling enough".

Matt admitted this was down to "stuff" going on in his life, hinting about his rare muscle condition, Poland syndrome.Express.co.uk asked the Bros singer if he paid attention to any of the criticisms on social media or from the judges.Matt admitted: "Apparently I wasn't smiling enough on Strictly and I'm sure you know there's stuff going on in my life that had to take precedence and I had to resolve and that."I didn't want to reveal either because it was painful and I just, you know, had to hold on and I wanted to put my best foot forward, no pun intended."So I didn't feel the need to share that on social media."This comes as Matt recently opened up about his rare muscle condition in order to give children growing up with the syndrome more confidence.The musician was born with Poland syndrome, which is a condition characterised by webbing of the fingers and of underdevelopment of chest muscle, according to the NHS.Matt shared that he has "one pectoral muscle on the right side instead of two.The lower one is missing, but the upper one is fine and strong."When he was the frontman of Bros, he used to "pose covering that side of [his] chest".However, the star has credited Strictly Come Dancing for helping his posture, and plans to reshoot campaigns.Matt recently told the Daily Mail: "My posture has improved since being on Strictly.