Dancing on Ice professional Matt Evers has delivered a series of scathing reviews about his former celebrity skating partners, and revealed who was his least favourite to work with.
Former champ Matt, who performed with Corrie's Sally Dynevor this year, admitted he hasn't got on so well with everyone he's taught to skate.
Matt gave the breakdown as he chatted to reality star Vicky Pattison on who 'Secrets To' podcast.
Asked who the worst person he'd work with was, Matt immediately responded with Denise Van Outen.
"I would have to say my least favourite was Denise Van Outen because she got injured so early in the show," he recalled.
"Denise is such a fun human being and she had such potential to do really well in the show."
Entertainer Denise suffered the double agony of dislocating and fracturing her shoulder during rehearsals in 2020. She was forced to pull out of the show shortly after.
Matt was then asked for his take on renowned 'Essex diva' Gemma Collins.
"When I danced with Gemma, that was hard for her and that was hard on me," began the professional.
"There were all these stories that came out and that she was such a diva backstage and yeah she did have her moments... but she did always show up," Matt added.
Matt said that he'd come to realise celebrities had two very distinct sides to them.
"There's the human, there's the persona but then they start to believe they start to believe that persona themselves and they have to believe in their craft."
Matt also weighed in on the fix rumours surrounding this year's series of the ITV show and admitted it 'wasn't fair' the three finalists were professional dancers.
Ex Strictly star Brendan Cole, Pussycat Doll Kimberley Wyatt and dancer Regan Gascoigne battled it out in the final, before Regan was voted the viewers' champion.
"Is it fair that we have three professional dancers in this year’s final? Hmm… not necessarily," admitted Matt.
"That’s a big question mark, right?
"But yeah, we’re in an interesting situation right now that the standard of the show has gotten so high."
Matt said he was worried that the standard of this year's finalists would stop other celebs from signing up next year.
Speaking after winning the show last Sunday, Regan, who is the son of football legend Paul Gascoigne, said he was missing partner Karina already.
"Thank you for making the experience so special! wish we could carry on skating," he told her.
The star was seen partying with big sister Bianca and other family members after the final.
