Dancing on Ice's Michaela Strachan on crutches after nasty injury just weeks before show
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Michaela Strachan has revealed that a nasty injury left her on crutches just weeks before Dancing on Ice training began. The Springwatch presenter is competing on the ITV skating competition with professional Mark Hanretty, taking to the ice during the show’s launch on Sunday.
Speaking ahead of Dancing on Ice’s return, Michaela, 58, admitted that she suffered her worst injuries before she stepped foot in the rink. “I’ve got some good bruises. I actually had an injury before I got on the ice,” she said. “I sprained my ankle quite badly two months before we started. I was on crutches.”.
The TV presenter was out running with her partner, cameraman Nick Chevallier, when she injured her ankle. “I went over on my ankle and sprained it. I thought, ‘It’s alright,’ as I hobbled back down the mountain,” she said. “Meanwhile, my partner is going, ‘You’re doing Dancing on Ice! This is really not good. You’re injured before you even hit the ice.’”.
Dancing on Ice marks Michaela’s return to intense reality competition after her 2014 stint on ITV’s Splash. While the South Africa-based presenter said she’s ready to take on the challenge, her partner wasn’t too keen for her to take part. “He hasn’t been very encouraging,” she said. “He just said that I’m mad but he doesn’t know the show. He’s South African so he doesn’t know Dancing on Ice. When I showed him all the accidents on YouTube, he thought I was really mad.”.
The couple’s son Oliver, 19, will be in the audience to watch Michaela skate, although Nick currently doesn’t have tickets. “We haven’t made a plan for Nick yet because he’s in South Africa,” said Michaela, who also has stepchildren Jade, Tom and Sam from Nick’s previous relationship.
