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He besides confessed helium was 'relieved' to beryllium voted retired of Dancing On Ice
- Jack White, Senior Showbiz Reporter
- Published: 14:37, 5 Feb 2025
- Updated: 14:37, 5 Feb 2025
A DANCING On Ice prima and Olympic leader has revealed he's "considering" signing up for the adjacent bid of I'm a Celebrity.
The 62-year-old competed successful the existent bid of Dancing On Ice but became the latest prima to permission the competition connected Sunday night.
Now Sir Steve Redgrave has confessed his squad are pushing for him to instrumentality portion successful I'm a Celebrity.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, the Olympic golden medallist said: "My cause has been saying for the past 3 oregon 4 years, ‘why don’t you bash I’m a Celebrity?’
"We’ll see. My compromise was to bash Dancing On Ice - astatine the moment. But ne'er accidental never."
When asked if helium thinks he'd header successful the Australian jungle, retired rower Steve - who won golden for Great Britain 5 times betwixt 1984 and 2000 - said: "Survive? Yes. Enjoy it? No.
"I’m rather a fussy eater truthful I wouldn’t bash good with the constricted calories you get. It mightiness beryllium rather bully for my fig from that constituent of view! It’s thing I would consider."
Steve besides confessed helium was "relieved" to person been voted disconnected of Dancing On Ice - due to the fact that helium felt "guilty" erstwhile others were leaving earlier him.
He said: "I was perfectly delighted erstwhile the nationalist voted to support maine successful aft amusement 1 and amusement two.
"But seeing Chelsee [Healey] and Ferne [McCann] being knocked out... the guilt connected Sunday nights and Mondays was immense.
"I'd beryllium thinking, 'Yes, the nationalist person kept maine in. But they've kept the worst skater in!'"
Away from world TV, Steve has teamed up with underwear marque Step One.
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And it's not conscionable your emblematic personage endorsement arsenic Steve has invested successful the Australian company.
He said: "You don't person to enactment a immense magnitude of wealth in, but I bought successful consecutive distant to the merchandise and however comfy Step One products are.
"I invested much wealth than I needed to due to the fact that I judge successful the marque and what they're doing.
"They are designed much for athletics but erstwhile you've worn them and realised however comfy they are you'll deterioration them everyday."
Steve revealed helium talented the underwear to the Dancing On Ice professionals and his chap celebrities - and they were a hit.
He said: "It was a spot nerve-wracking due to the fact that you cognize these radical and each of them conscionable fell successful emotion with the product. The pros were saying they were the astir comfy underwear they'd ever worn."