Gemma Collins revealed that she had been kicked off the Dancing on Ice rink for causing a “disruption” as fellow contestant Sara Aalto practiced ahead of Sunday’s show.
In a series of hilarious Instagram Stories, the GC made a triumphant return to the ice after producers sent her to Champneys spa to help her rejuvenate, following a memorable on-air fall that left her bruised and lacking in confidence.
The TOWIE star was delighted to spot fellow competitor Brian McFadden on the ice, after it was rumoured that a back injury could force the former Westlife singer to pull out of Sunday’s performance.
“Oh, here’s Brian! Brian! You’re back!” she shrieked with delight.
Reuniting with the musician in another post, she told her followers that she would consider quitting the show if McFadden had left.
“I’m so delighted that Brian is staying in the competition because if Brian wasn’t in it, I was about to hang up my boots and say goodbye,” she said.
“Don’t say that, the judges might kill me just to get rid of you,” he joked in response.
“I love Brian, he keeps me going in the competition,” Collins continued, before asking her friend if his back was “alright.”
“No it’s sore, but I get by,” he told her.
In her next Story, Collins revealed that Aalto’s professional partner Hamish Gaman had asked her to leave the rink as she was causing “a disruption” with her loud comments.
“Prince of the ice is telling me I’m being a disruption and I’ve got to go,” she said, focusing the camera on Gaman.
“Sorry darling, sorry Sara Aalto, I’ll go,” she said, before blaming her high spirits on McFadden, adding: “I’m just so happy Brian’s back!”
Earlier this week, Collins invited a psychic onto the rink in order to “cleanse” it of “bad energy” following her dramatic fall.
She shared videos of the “shamanic practitioner” banging a drum, lighting a candle and ringing a bell to ensure that Collins could be “at one with the ice again.”
Collins and McFadden will perform on Dancing on Ice on Sunday at 6pm on ITV.
