Michelle Heaton was left nursing a rather painful Dancing on Ide injury as she appeared on Loose Women, just days before her big skating debut.
Earlier this week, the Gateshead born Liberty X star revealed she was left in tears when she received the phone call to say she'd landed a place on the Dancing on Ice line-up for its new series, sat with daughter Faith as she got emotional at the news she'd be competing on one of the biggest shows on TV.
That was last year and now Michelle's first performance on the famous rink is fast approaching, with her one of six celebrities to be making her debut when the show returns on Sunday, January 15. Like many of her Dancing on Ice co-stars, Michelle has been juggling training with media commitments this week and on Thursday, headed to the Loose Women studio to be a guest on the ITV lunchtime discussion show.
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And, within moments of her interview starting, Michelle revealed that she had picked up an injury this week, just weeks after a tumble on the rink left her on crutches in the run up to Christmas. Put on the spot by panellist Carol McGiffin, Michelle replied: "I've got whiplash on my neck. I had, I think, four falls Monday."
She added: "You know it is? It's the forgetting you're on ice. Most of the falls come when I'm standing still on the ice. I forget I'm in shoes and I just go!"
Michelle's whiplash comes just as Dancing on Ice judge and skating legend Christopher Dean ended up in hospital with a broken finger in an accident that happened off the ice, when he tripped over a suitcase in the middle of the night.
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