‘I will be lost without him,’ ITV skater's co-star said. Dancing on Ice has been hit with another blow after another star was forced to quit the series due to an injury. The ITV skating competition, hosted by Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern, is set to continue on Sunday (9 February), but it’ll be without Olympic gold medallist Ed Radford. Radford is the professional who is partnered with Charlie Brooks, who is best known for playing Janine in EastEnders.
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Brooks will instead be partnered with Brendyn Hatfield, but they have only had minimal time to train. The actor shared the news, stating: “Eric had an injury in his back and then his quad wasn’t firing properly so he’s having to have an MRI and has been told he has to have this week off the ice, which is so gutting. “It’s such a shame – he’s my number one and I will be lost without him.”.
She said she was trying to be optimistic “and think that it will be exciting to be able to skate with someone else”, adding that “it will be nice to get to know” Hatfield “ a little bit”. But Brooks said she will be “skating for Eric this weekend, 100 per cent” and wants “to do him proud”. “I just hope that this won’t mean me and Eric never dance again,” the actor added. “It feels so dramatic, but I have just loved every moment with him. I wouldn’t want it to end like this for us.”.
Radford’s withdrawal over an injury arrives after Vanessa Bauer was forced to quit this year’s show outright hours before last week’s live show. Bauer revealed hours before the live show on 2 February that she was no longer able to perform with Love Island star Chris Taylor after sustaining a serious injury. The skater, who made her debut on the show in 2018, tore a ligament and suffered some sprains backstage before performing live last Sunday.
