Joe Swash admits Dancing on Ice has sometimes left him in tears with its physical and emotional demands. And that was before his partner Alex Murphy kicked him in the head with an ice skate during rehearsals.
Last week’s accident has left him wearing a thick head bandage after operations to drain fluid from an infected injury to his right ear.
He has been cleared to skate in tonight’s two-hour final but admits he can’t wait for the ITV contest to end. And the former EastEnder says he’ll celebrate by getting drunk “like a 17-year-old” after four months on the wagon.
The dad-of-two told us how the show’s rigorous training regime has left him little time to spend at home over the past three months.
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