Dancing On Ice star quits ITV programme just hours before tonight’s show
Pro skater and former champion Vanessa Bauer said she would be withdrawing from the show after suffering from a nasty injury.
Dancing On Ice star Vanessa Bauer forced to pull out of series just hours before show
According to The Sun, Vanessa, who is paired with Love Island star Chris Taylor, said: “I’m here today with rather upsetting news. I am unfortunately not going to be able to continue on Dancing On Ice with Chris.
“That’s really upsetting for me. I have trained Chris since October last year and it is always such an amazing achievement for myself to see someone else progress so much in a skill they’ve never done before.
“So it’s been really rewarding for me to watch this whole journey for Chris [and] the way he’s got better week since October and also since the live shows started.”
Discussing how this happened, the ITV Dancing On Ice star added: “I unfortunately had a little accident backstage last week on Dancing on Ice just before the live show on Sunday.
“And I didn’t realise how bad it was then, but we did an MRI and it turned out that I have a completely torn ligament, grade three sprain injury and a major grade two sprain injury.
“I shouldn’t be skating on an injury like that and so I’m taking all of the advice from the medical professionals here, I am in very good hands.”
She told fans: “My pain threshold, I don’t trust it, I have been skating this whole week with a lot of pain but I just didn’t realise that it was such a significant injury so I didn’t voice my pain.
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“It just goes to show that you should listen to your body and try to tune into your body a lot.
“I don’t want this injury that is already bad to get even worse and so the one sensible decision is to step away, do rehab, focus on my health – I guess mental health as well – because it’s really bad that I have to leave.”
Despite all of this, the professional remains hopeful, adding: “But I’m excited to get better and to get back to skating properly every single day.”
