ITV's Dancing On Ice kicks off with sad announcement as Vanessa Bauer forced to quit

Professional skater Vanessa Bauer was absent from the rink connected Sunday night's occurrence of ITV's Dancing On Ice aft she suffered horrific injuries successful a brutal accident

Dancing On Ice got disconnected connected a sombre code successful the latest occurrence arsenic it was confirmed nonrecreational skater Vanessa Bauer had been forced to discontinue the show.

ITV's long-running wintertime athletics world contention has a agelong past of participants being forced disconnected the crystal owed to wounded - making it arguably 1 of the astir unsafe shows connected TV. And this week, 28-year-old Vanessa became the latest subordinate to instrumentality an aboriginal exit - bowing retired of the 2025 contention aft conscionable 4 weeks connected the air.

Vanessa was paired with Love Island prima Chris Taylor for the existent play - which is the 17th successful Dancing On Ice's 19-year history. And portion the brace had gelled good and won lukewarm scores from the judges, their clip connected the crystal arsenic a brace has been chopped abbreviated aft she suffered a torn ligament successful a fearfulness behind-the-scenes accident.

On Sunday night, viewers tuning successful to Dancing On Ice were informed of the quality arsenic amusement hosts Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern opened the show. Viewers watched the stars instrumentality to the rink - with Chris noticeably introduced arsenic skating with Robin Johnstone.

Stephen said: "As you whitethorn person noticed, Chris Taylor's partner, Vanessa Bauer, is absent. This is due to the fact that she has suffered an injury. However, we are precise blessed to invited Robin Johnstone."

Hours earlier, Vanessa had breached the devastating quality to her fans successful an Instagram video post. She told her followers: "I'm present contiguous with alternatively upsetting news. I americium unluckily not going to beryllium capable to proceed connected Dancing connected Ice with Chris.

"That's truly upsetting for me. I person trained Chris since October past twelvemonth and it is ever specified an astonishing accomplishment for myself to spot idiosyncratic other advancement truthful overmuch successful a accomplishment they've ne'er done before. So it's been truly rewarding for maine to ticker this full travel for Chris [and] the mode he's got amended week since October and besides since the unrecorded shows started."

Vanessa continued: "I unluckily had a small mishap backstage past week connected Dancing connected Ice conscionable earlier the unrecorded amusement connected Sunday. And I didn't realise however atrocious it was then, but we did an MRI and it turned retired that I person a wholly torn ligament, people 3 sprain wounded and a large people 2 sprain injury.

"I shouldn't beryllium skating connected an wounded similar that and truthful I'm taking each of the proposal from the aesculapian professionals here, I americium successful precise bully hands." Continuing, Vanessa explained that she would beryllium receiving rehab for the injury.

She explained: "My symptom threshold, I don't spot it, I person been skating this full week with a batch of symptom but I conscionable didn't realise that it was specified a important wounded truthful I didn't dependable my pain. It conscionable goes to amusement that you should perceive to your assemblage and effort to tune into your assemblage a lot.

"I don't privation this wounded that is already atrocious to get adjacent worse and truthful the 1 sensible determination is to measurement away, bash rehab, absorption connected my wellness - I conjecture intelligence wellness arsenic good - due to the fact that it's truly atrocious that I person to leave. But I'm excited to get amended and to get backmost to skating decently each azygous day." She added successful a caption: "Thank you truthful overmuch for your enactment this play and implicit the past 8 years!"

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