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Victoria Johns

Dancing on Ice turns frosty as Phillip Schofield calls out Corrie's Sally Dynevor

ITV's Dancing On Ice viewers reckon Phillip Schofield's comments about Coronation Street's Sally Dynevor were a tad frosty.

The actress, 58, found herself in the skate-off on Sunday's show after failing to complete a solo lift in her routine.

The judges challenged the mum-of-three to include a lift without an assist - but sadly Sally didn't quite make it.

The much-loved star, who has played Sally Webster on the ITV soap since 1986, skated to The Sound of Music as part of musical week with her partner Matt Evers, 45.

However the pair's performance wasn't music to the judges' ears, who scored the couple 31.5 points.

After the panel gave their mediocre marks, Phil, 59, reminded Sally that she was challenged with a lift, quipping: "But assisted jumps, you didn't want to let go?"

She's a soap icon (Matt Frost/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

The soap icon seemed quite taken aback by the comment, replying: "No, I know I didn't," before Matt quickly intervened, shouting that the actress was a "national treasure".

The awkward moment didn't go unnoticed by fans with many accusing the host of being 'frosty' toward the Cobbles legend.

One tweeted: "Ooh Phil doesn't like Sally?"

Another said: "Looks like even Phil is sick of Sally.

While a third quipped: "Hahaha I love how Phil says it how it is."

Phil's 'frosty' comments didn't go unnoticed by fans (Matt Frost/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Sadly for Sally the one judge she 'desperately wanted to impress' gave her the lowest score.

Strictly Come Dancing's Arlene Philips awarded the actress an unimpressive 5/10.

Sally and Happy Mondays star Bez, who was eliminated from the show last night, have both faced criticism from fans for not taking more risks during their routines.

However the actress certainly looked like she was pushing herself in rehearsals after Matt posted a pic of her lying face down on the ice after a nasty fall.

Sally shared the photo and wrote: "Please God this doesn't happen on Saturday."

The soap stalwart looked to be in pain after taking a tumble, which many viewers thought was in preparation for the infamous headbanger.

In a short clip shared by Matt of their rehearsal, the pro skater dragged a navy blue crash mat onto the ice as Sally skates behind him.

Matt, who has competed in every series of Dancing On Ice captioned the clips: "Day 1.. musicals Week. Straight from bed to the ice… crash mat? Hmmm wonder what we are doing?"

Fans replied to the post musing whether the notorious move in which the contestant gets swung around in circles by their ankles - as their head is dangerously close to the ice - was on the cards.

However, after last night's performance, it looks like the couple may not want to be too overly ambitious.

Dancing on Ice continues this Sunday at 6.30pm on ITV and ITV Hub.

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