Dancing On Ice fans in floods of tears as Anton Ferdinand breaks down after emotional tribute to late mum

DANCING On Ice fans were near successful floods of tears past nighttime aft Anton Ferdinand broke down pursuing an affectional tribute to his precocious mum.

The footballer, 39, dedicated his latest creation to his beloved mother Janice who died successful 2017.

Last nighttime viewers watched arsenic Anton took to the crystal to creation to She's Royal by Tarrus Riley, alongside his pro-skating spouse Annette Dytrt.

In his VT helium returned to his roots successful Peckham and explained however Janice was much-loved successful the section community.

Anton and Annette smashed their routine, and received an awesome people of 34.

However, it each got excessively overmuch for Anton, who revealed helium had chosen that peculiar opus to creation to, due to the fact that it was his precocious mum's favourite.

Speaking to hosts Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern aft the scores were in, the choked up prima fought backmost tears, arsenic helium said: "I conscionable anticipation I did her proud."

As Anton said these words helium looked up to the sky, arsenic a motion to his beloved mother.

This touching infinitesimal was each excessively overmuch for fans, who took to X/Twitter, with 1 saying: "Oh Anton, my bosom goes retired to you. You did your mum proud."

Another added: Anton mate, your mum would beryllium proud."

A 3rd said: "Great occupation Anton! You've made maine outcry with that tribute to your mum."

Janice died successful 2017 aft battling cancer.

At the clip of her death, Anton's member Rio Ferdinand posted a saccharine tribute which said: "You were an inspirational idiosyncratic successful truthful galore ways, 1 time I volition beryllium capable to archer you them each look to face."

He added: "Mummy. It won't ever beryllium capable but I conscionable privation to accidental thanks, a truly large convey you.

"The quality you had to marque maine consciousness loved astatine each infinitesimal successful my beingness without adjacent having to accidental it oregon beryllium determination by my broadside volition ne'er beryllium forgotten.

"You were a fighter, a small combatant but with a immense heart. And you wore that bosom connected your sleeve throughout."

Meanwhile, past night's occurrence of Dancing On Ice saw Steve Redgrave became the 3rd personage to beryllium eliminated from the ITV competition.

There was nary skate-off again, alternatively hosts Holly and Stephen came consecutive retired with the result.

Before taking a thigh of honour, the Olympic hero, 62, said: "It's been perfectly astonishing and this young lady's [skating spouse Vicky Ogden] been incredible."

And it was a just result, with Sir Steve finishing astatine the ft of the leaderboard with conscionable 21 points.

It was a drama-filled nighttime that saw Chris Taylor instrumentality a tumble, Sam Aston's concealed enarthrosis injury revealed and judge Christopher Dean wage a poignant tribute to aerial clang victims.

The latest amusement besides followed pro skater Vanessa Bauer's daze quality that she has been forced to retreat from the bid owed to injury.

She was the 3rd idiosyncratic progressive successful the existent bid to propulsion retired pursuing Dame Sarah Storey and comedian Josh Jones.