Dancing On Ice ’s Connor Ball has detailed the numerous injuries he’s sustained while competing on the ITV ice skating competition, admitting he’s “battered and bruised”.
The Vamps star, 25, appeared on ITV’s Lorraine on Wednesday to discuss his upcoming solo performance on the show this weekend.
Host Lorraine Kelly, 62, asked the boy band drummer, who has been branded a “walking injury”, about his bumps and scratches after falling to the ice during his prop week routine.
Connor said: “There’s been a lot. I split my chin open, so I had five stitches in there. I dislocated my shoulder and then I ripped my leg open in three different places and had 14 stitches down there.”
Lorraine asked Connor if he was alright, and he said: “There’s quite a lot of bruising going on,” as the ITV presenter described him as “bruised and battered”.
Connor shared with fans that he had to undergo treatment on his leg after he received a nasty cut during his fall on the live show last Sunday.
The Vamps star was caught by the blade of his dance partner Alexandra Schaumann when they crashed to the floor during their pirate themed routine, as Connor clutched a mop in the routine, and he received emergency treatment backstage on his gashed leg.
Connor previously also detailed a hip injury that won’t go away, medics are repeatedly resetting his shoulder when he dislocates it, and then there’s the nasty cut on his leg and scar on his chin.
The chin injury came when Connor bled live on air early in his Dancing On Ice run after a horror fall moments before the show.
The hosts Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby explained that Connor had meant to be skating first on the ITV show tonight, but he bashed his chin just before he was due to go on the ice and they had to rearrange the schedule.
Lorraine commended Connor on continuing to get back up after taking a number of tumbles, labelling it “remarkable” and noting his “great bond” with partner Alexandra.
Connor said: “Alex is amazing, we just have the best time,” but then admitted he is apprehensive ahead of the solo routine he will be performing this weekend.
He said: “I’m terrified. I am excited - it will be fun - but it’s going to be scary without Alex next to me, because normally I can lean on her a little bit.”
