Dancing On Ice’s Bez smashes head on rink in ‘terrifying’ accident days before show launch

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Dancing On Ice 2022. Bez, 57, was busy training with dance partner Angela Egan when he took a serious tumble on the ice. The Happy Mondays member was left in a daze after reportedly hitting his head hard on the floor during rehearsals for ITV’s hit show.The accident sent his helmet flying across the rink and prompted skating partner Angela, 35, to come rushing to his side.

Angela can be heard saying, “It’s a good job for your helmet, isn’t it?”“Give yourself a minute,” she told the media personality, as he crouched on the ice holding his head.

READ MORE: Amanda Holden left stunned over Simon Cowell engagement newsBez was visibly shaken up by what had happened. A show source told the Mirror: "It was a terrifying moment and everyone's hearts were in their mouths when he hit the ground. “It goes to show how brutal this programme can be.”It comes after Phillip Schofield spoke about the dangers that inexperienced celebs face in light of the stomach-flipping moment ahead of Sunday’s launch.

He told The Sun: “You have a rink that is full of essentially blades and we know how dangerous they can be and how deeply they can cut and how sharp they are. “I’ve just watched a video of Bez on his second day fall over backwards so hard that his helmet flew off. “Dancing On Ice is really dangerous.They really all risk everything for it. “We’ve seen in the past that people do get hurt and of course you want to avoid that at all cost.