Mollie Pearce says disability has ‘not been a problem’ on Dancing On Ice

The Traitors prima Mollie Pearce has said she is “thriving” connected Dancing On Ice, adding that her stoma container and limb quality person “not been a problem” for her truthful far.

The 22-year-old secured an awesome people of 29.5 retired of 40 astatine the weekend, contempt missing 4 weeks of grooming aft fracturing her near wrist successful rehearsals.

Donning a burgundy dress, Pearce performed six lifts with her skating spouse Colin Grafton, including a rotating treble stag lift, successful their archetypal regular connected the amusement to Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo.

Pearce told ITV’s Good Morning Britain (GMB) connected Wednesday: “I felt amazing. I’ve ne'er felt thing similar it.

“I’m not a performer, truthful for maine I was really, truly nervous.

“I don’t bash overmuch successful beforehand of large crowds oregon thing similar that and that was astir apt the main happening I was disquieted about.

“Afterwards it was conscionable specified a buzz. I’ve never, ever experienced thing similar it. So I’m truly excited to get backmost retired determination this week.”

Speaking astir her condition, she added: “I was calved with a limb quality and past erstwhile I was 11 I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, starring maine to person a stoma container erstwhile I was 18.

“We speech astir this rather a batch due to the fact that evidently erstwhile maine and Colin met, helium was like, ‘Is determination thing I request to cognize about? Anything you’re disquieted about?’

“But we’ve not truly faced immoderate problems arsenic of yet.

“Obviously, erstwhile we bash bigger lifts and worldly similar that, it mightiness beryllium thing we request to overcome, but astatine the moment, we’re thriving, aren’t we?

“It’s not been a occupation for us.

“I deliberation we’ve got a bully concern truthful if thing does travel up, we tin pass and benignant of flooded that.”

Pearce, who finished arsenic a runner-up connected the BBC world crippled amusement The Traitors, was calved with nary fingers connected her close hand.

She was diagnosed arsenic a kid with a semipermanent information wherever the colon and rectum go inflamed, meaning tiny ulcers tin make connected the colon’s lining, according to the NHS website.

A stoma container is simply a pouch that covers an opening successful the abdomen to let discarded to beryllium diverted.

Other competitors connected the ITV1 amusement this twelvemonth see retired Olympian Sir Steve Redgrave, EastEnders prima Charlie Brooks, world prima Ferne McCann, Love Island’s Chris Taylor and soap histrion Chelsee Healey, who was the archetypal to permission the show.

Dancing On Ice continues astatine 6.25pm connected ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player this Sunday.