Dancing on Ice winner Jake Quickenden has admitted that he hopes contestants take a tumble or two on this year's season of the coveted ITV competition.
Victorious back in 2018, Jake recently sat down with the The Daily Star to open up about the show, insisting that he's still an avid fan all five years on.
In his chat, Jake said: "I even watch it and think we need a fall here, this needs livening up. But nobody wants to be a meme, nobody wants to be Gemma Collins - what a legend.
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"She disappeared into the smoke. I'm glad she's alright, but wasn't it funny?"
He added: "I think Jorgie Porter might have kicked Matt in the face once as he had a massive gash in his face but it's dangerous and it's a sadistic viewer's mentality to think 'oh, someone might really get hurt here.'"
Jake also revealed other anecdotes about the time he put his skates on for another ITV show. In 2020, the I'm A Celeb star took part in ITV's The Full Monty: On Ice to help raise money for charity and starred alongside some big names including Gareth Thomas, Perri Kiely and Jamie Lomas.
The former X-Factor star confessed that at the time, he and his co-stars were worried about hurting their genitals on the ice ahead of their big reveal.
He explained: "The thing is when we actually got naked, we weren't skating. We stood on a platform when we did the final bit .But when we all found out it was on ice, we were all thinking what happens if one of us skates over the other ones you know…
"We all thought about it, but luckily no, it was never going to happen."
Dancing on Ice 2023 starts on ITV1 and ITVX at 6.30pm this evening. Will you be tuning in?
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