Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) has signed the celebrities for the newest season of the show and Jennifer Grey is one of them. Jennifer Grey, an American actress, is best known for her acting honors in the 80’s hit film Dirty Dancing.

Grey is one of the 11 stars who are signed for the upcoming season of DWTS. Before DWTS, Jennifer Grey was signed by House to make a guest appearance.

Many stars have said that DWTS gave them a chance to revitalize their careers. But Jennifer Grey has given DWTS the credit for saving her life. Talking about her decision to join DWTS, Jennifer Grey tells that she has been asked many times in the past but she always passed the invite.

This time when the invite came for the 11th season of the show, Grey couldn’t resist putting her dancing shows on. After making her mind up about DWTS invite, Jennifer Grey decided to go for a medical and physical fitness check. It was that checkup which led to a life saving surgical operation.

Jennifer Grey tells that she had been having severe pain in her neck for a year so when the DWTS invite came she decided to get a medical checkup to see if she can even do it. She went to a neurological surgeon and told him about her neck problem.

The surgeon told him after several tests that her spinal cord is compressed and if she ever fell, she’d be paralyzed. Not just that, the surgeon also found a cancerous tumor in her neck. The surgery made her cancer-free and now Jennifer Grey is all fit and ready to slip on her dancing shoes.

The 11th season of DWTS will premiere on September 20.

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