Joey Essex shows gruesome Dancing on Ice injury while sharing heartfelt gift from nan

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Dancing on Ice star Joey Essex has posted another snap of his gruesome finger injury while sharing a sweet message dedicated to his nan.The former TOWIE star has been taking the rink by storm as he struts his stuff on the ITV show on Sunday nights.But following his injury which left him unable to "do up" his laces in week one, Joey appeared to put it all behind him as he thanked his nan for a gold ring she gifted him.READ MORE: Dancing On Ice fans disgusted as The Vivienne makes grim Slush Puppie referenceJumping onto Instagram, Joey reflected on Sunday night's show while sharing a picture of the cut on his middle finger.He captioned the snap: "Special night.

Thank you to my beautiful Nan for giving me something I'll treasure forever," followed by a white love hear emoji.The 32-year-old then added: "Plus the scar from day two of starting @dancingonice."Joey and his ice skating partner Vanessa Bauer have continued to impress fans at home and the ice panel each week and they have received rather high scores for their performances.Last week, Joey was fourth on the leader board with 33.0 points.Sharing their thoughts on Joey's performance, Dancing on Ice's 2020 winner Sonny Jay told Daily Star that he didn't expect the TV personality to be this good.He said: "It works out well for Joe, because he’s actually very good.

I didn’t realise how good he would be."Sharing the advice he gave to Joey before he took to the ice, Sonny said: "Joey Essex, I mean we went to the same school and stuff so I know a lot of his people that know mine."I did send him a message, and he was like ‘Oh, got any advice?’ kind of thing.