'Needed it' Holly Willoughby admits sneaking gin into Dancing On Ice amid 'stressful' time
express.co.ukThe last series had been increasingly fraught with tension, after Denise van Outen, Billie Faiers, and Jason Donovan all bowed out due to injury.In light of the catastrophes, Phillip recently admitted he had been banned from hitting the rink himself out of fears he would lose his footing and succumb to injury too.Holly was forced to share the sad news that 47-year-old Denise van Outen had suffered a dislocated shoulder and three bone fractures barely two weeks into the competition.Shockingly, she battled through the pain and continued skating for 15 hours after the dislocation so as not to "bother" the NHS.Soon afterwards came 31-year-old TOWIE star Billie, who had a terrifying head injury and, finally, 53-year-old Aussie actor Jason Donovan, who made it to the sixth week of action before a back injury ended his Dancing On Ice dreams.The string of injuries, together with contestants testing positive for Covid and reserve participants having to be drafted in at the last moment, all caused stress and anxiety for Holly.Baby-faced Emmerdale star Joe-Warren Plant and his pro partner Vanessa Bauer both succumbed to the virus and were forced to leave amid fears the entire series would collapse if Covid spread any further between the cast.Meanwhile, the show was unnervingly quiet, as due to social distancing restrictions, it was filmed without a live studio audience.However, it was nothing that a stiff G&T wouldn't solve.Holly was quick to point out to MailOnline: "We don’t do this on every ad break but for the final there was no wrap party and after the last series we all needed it."Meanwhile, Phillip was careful to avoid the rink after being warned of liability issues ever since he first began hosting the show.Claiming that.
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