Dancing on Ice judge Jason Gardiner is living a completely different life as he sold everything he owned and moved into a tent.
Known for being Dancing on Ice's 'tough' judge his time on the show was marred with plenty of controversies and plenty of drama.
Choreographer, singer and producer Jason was one of the original judges on the show as he joined the panel in 2006.
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He remained on the judging panel for five years before he took a two-year break and returned once again in 2013 for the eighth series.
The show was then left alone and revived in 2018 with Jason making a short return, but by 2019, he had called time on the show.
Embroiled in spats with contestants, he had a well-documented feud with Gemma Collins with Gemma even accusing him of selling stories about her.
As well as being famous for judging on Dancing on Ice, he has also been known for his controversial judging style on Born to Shine and Stepping Out.
In the past, he has appeared on other telly bits and bobs, such as Bear Grylls' Mission Survive, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway and Battlechefs.
It seems he has always been one who preferred the stage to the TV screen and has completed many theatre tours, performing in musicals such as Cats, West Side Story and Chicago, with his first credit in 1987.
But now he is leaving all the showbiz and fame behind him and shunned the limelight completely.
In October last year, it was reported that he had turned his attention to building sustainable housing for refugees and was actually living in a tent.
Speaking with Belfast Live at the time, he revealed: "I have found a new life that isn’t about the toxic environment of the TV industry.
"My tenure on Dancing On Ice was always marred with controversy and lots of issues but the problem is, I didn’t realise how toxic it was until I left.
“It took me a while to decompress from it, I’ll be honest.”
Fans were missing him this season and asked where he was, to which he replied: "Since my departure, I no longer have any interest in Dancing on Ice as it's become a dead horse which I can hear them flogging all the way from Portugal."
He had told Belfast Live that he had really struggled with his mental health during lockdown and after deciding to sell all belongings and move abroad, he actually went to Portugal.
It was here he lived in a tent, building eco-homes and learning sustainable land management.
He's been working on multiple projects such as teaching a community how to live off the land sustainably in Pavia in Alentejo and starting a kitchen garden.
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