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Mark Jefferies

Liberty Poole says Dancing On Ice will help her put Love Island heartache behind her

Liberty Poole has said that she hopes Dancing on Ice viewers will see a different side to her on the show.

The Love Island star, 22, was regularly seen in emotional scenes on the ITV2 series last summer as she split up with her boyfriend Jake Cornish, 24 on the reality show - but she's keen to have fun on the rink.

The former islander said: "I think on this you will get to see more of my fun side. I am a fun person and in Love Island you saw me in a partnership and what I was like in a relationship."

Liberty Poole appeared on Love Island last year (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

"This time you will see me as an individual having fun and learning a new skill so people will see a different side to me," she added.

Liberty, who will be skating with pro partner Joe Johnson, 27, also said that she would love to try to emulate Holly Willoughby 's career and go into presenting.

She said: "I mean, Holly's absolutely smashed it and I feel like she's a presenting icon. And so you know, it's very hard to follow in her footsteps, but I would definitely be open to presenting after this.

"Holly also looks stunning and she wears amazing dresses, she looks great whatever she wears."

The reality TV star is among the contestants on Dancing on Ice this year (ITV/Matt Frost/REX/Shutterstock)

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Liberty skated at Christmas markets as a child but admitted that does not help a great deal when performing on ice. She also admitted her plan to go on a Dancing On Ice diet to help her get in shape isn't going to plan so far.

Laughing, she said: "I'm not gonna lie, I have still been having Maccies and stuff quite a lot! I haven't really changed my diet, but one thing I have been doing is stretching a lot.

"I am not naturally flexible and I have not done dancing yoga before so I have been stretching a lot more as it helps with injuries."

Liberty is partnered with professional skater Joe Johnson on the show (Matt Frost/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Liberty will skate alongside fellow celebrities Connor Ball, Ben Foden, Regan Gascoigne and Stef Reid on Sunday. Rachel Stevens was due to skate in week two but fractured her wrist and hopes to join the series next week.

Regan is the bookmakers' favourite to win, but he said: "I've already got my family and friends sending that [information] to me and I was like, don't do that!"

He added: "I'm just thinking about this weekend, get out there and enjoy this weekend. I will give it my best and then see what happens."

Dancing On Ice continues on ITV this Sunday night at 6.30pm.

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