TV star Ferne McCann says an accident at the age of seven that left her with an ice skate "stuck in my leg" has not put her off appearing on Dancing on Ice.
McCann has said she will be "leaning into nervousness" on the ITV skating show, which returns this weekend, where she is partnered with American professional skater Brendyn Hatfield.
Speaking about the accident, she told the PA news agency: "I actually did have an ice skating party… when I was about seven and my only experience was that an ice skate got stuck in my leg, so some boy was like kicking the ice.
"But it didn't put me off, because here I am, but apart from that, [I] could get round [the ice], but not much experience to this level."
McCann rose to fame on the ITVBe reality show The Only Way Is Essex, joining in its ninth series and leaving in its 17th.
She went on to star in her own ITV show Ferne McCann: First Time Mum, from 2017 to 2023, before it was rebranded as Ferne McCann: My Family and Me.
In 2015, she appeared in series 15 of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, where she finished in third place behind Union J singer George Shelley and winner Vicky Pattison, who is best known for starring in Geordie Shore.
Speaking ahead of performing on Dancing on Ice, McCann added: "Don't get me wrong, I keep having these waves of realisation that we are going to be skating live on TV, and I'm like, 'Oh my goodness', and I start getting scared.
"I'm thinking, 'What if I fall in there?' And I'm like, 'No, I'm just going to visualise and bring only positivity'.
"But it's just been so magical, and it's such a big production, so much goes into making this show, and we've had a long journey learning how to ice skate and everything. I just really want to enjoy it now."
The series will be presented by Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby, after Mulhern replaced Philip Schofield on the show when he resigned from ITV in 2023.
Dancing on Ice returns on Sunday 12 January at 6:30pm live on Virgin Media One and ITV1.
Source: Press Association
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