Dancing On Ice's Joe-Warren Plant, 18, has been forced to deny he had secret ice skating lessons before the series began. The Emmerdale actor, who is paired with Vanessa Bauer, was reported to have had several figure skating lessons in Blackpool and so did not start from scratch.
A representative for Dancing On Ice confirmed this was not true, and added that even if any of the contestants had undertaken lessons before, this would not be breaking any rules.
They told The Mirror: "This is completely untrue." Following Vanessa's post that said "Joe has never skated before", a source had told The Sun : "To repeatedly say Joe is a complete amateur is just nonsense. "He might not be the most accomplished skater, as viewers saw on Sunday night
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