Dancing On Ice chaos as ITV bosses scramble over ‘awkward’ pairing between soap star and skater

CHELSEE Healey was expected to skate with dancer Sylvian Longchambon - that is until Chelsee's closeness to Jennifer Metcalfe came to light.

Jennifer antecedently dated the French skater, earlier his narration with chap histrion Samia Ghadi, with who helium is present joined with a child.

With that being the case, DOI bosses determined the match-up would beryllium a peculiarly unwise one, truthful alternatively enactment Chelsee with pro skater Andy Buchanan.

A amusement root says: “ITV bosses primitively wanted to brace Chelsee up with Sylvian but decided against it beauteous quickly.

"She’s adjacent friends with Jennifer Metcalfe and to skate with Jen’s ex aft each the Dancing On Ice play and however they divided up - it would beryllium a nightmare.

"The hostility would beryllium unbearable - everyone thinks Sylvian volition beryllium avoiding Chelsee backstage astatine the amusement due to the fact that of the history. She’s truly blessed to beryllium skating with Andy.”

Sylvian, 44, has been joined to Coronation Street histrion Samia Ghadi, 42, since 2016, aft they met arsenic partners connected the 2013 bid of DOI.

They stock eight-year-old lad Yves together, portion Samia besides has girl Freya with ex-husband, Matt Smith.

Before that helium dated Hollyoaks prima Jennifer Metcalfe, 41, aft they were paired up connected the 2011 bid of the show.

But Sylvian near Jennifer connected Christmas Day 2013 - and began dating Samia astir the aforesaid time. Samia nevertheless has denied having thing to bash with the split.

But speaking astatine the clip Jennifer said the break-up felt similar "death".

She said: "It's similar death. I felt gutted. It was the worst Christmas ever."

Chelsee, 36, and Jennifer play sisters Goldie and Mercedes McQueen, successful Channel 4 soap, Hollyoaks.

But they are besides highly adjacent successful existent beingness excessively and are often spotted retired and astir successful their autochthonal Manchester.

Last year, Jennifer was beforehand and centre astatine Chelsee's sex uncover party, erstwhile she confirmed she was large with different girl.

Chelsee is present a arrogant mum to 2 daughters, Coco, five, and 11-month-old Cookie.

Before she started grooming for DOI, Chelsee said she'd sought proposal from Jennifer, arsenic good arsenic chap erstwhile DOI contestant and Hollyoaks histrion Jorgie Porter.

 Speaking to Closer, she said: "I’ve asked my Hollyoaks friends Jen Metcalfe and Jorgie Porter, who’ve done the amusement before, for advice. I told them to springiness maine a fewer lessons. I decidedly won’t beryllium arsenic bully arsenic them!"