LOVE Island star Chris Taylor has revealed he’s battling a string of painful injuries as the ITV show is rocked by yet another disaster.
His original pro skating partner Vanessa Bauer has been forced to pull out after suffering a devastating ligament injury.
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Chris spoke to Joe Baggs on his YouTube podcast Not My Baggs
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He told Joe about his battered body due to his appearance in Dancing On Ice
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Chris has changed partners and now skates with Robin Johnstone after Vanessa Bauer was forced to pull outCredit: Rex
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Chris with host Stephen Mulhern and Corrie’s Sam AstonCredit: Rex
Paralympic legend Dame Sarah Storey exited the competition before the live shows after breaking her ankle, while comedian Josh Jones also bowed out due to injury.
Chris, 34, admitted he is barely holding on, saying: “It’s an absolute pogo stick of emotions. It’s wild.
He added: “Ice is my life at the moment until I finish the show.”
The reality star also revealed he’s spending as much time in the physio’s office as on the ice.
He said: “There’s a lot of minor injuries cropping up.
“I have to go to the physio every week, which is kind of nice – I get a bit of a massage.
“Sometimes I’m making it up and I’m not in pain. Sometimes I just want a bit of a break.”
But his problems are far from minor, with Chris admiitting: “My arm goes dead – not in a fun way or a good way, it just goes dead.
“During training, I can’t lift anymore, so they have to fix that, yeah. I’m holding it together – I’m basically held together by sellotape at the minute.”
Despite the pain, Chris is determined to keep fans entertained.
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He said: “Some people are really good at the pointed toe, straight leg, pointed toe.
“Jayne and Chris love to see that – I’m not really giving that.
“I feel like for the audience I’m trying to push boundaries, give crazy things. I’m actually more comfortable doing the crazy things than getting a good toe out there.”
So far, Sir Steve Redgrave, Hollyoaks and Waterloo Road actress Chelsee Healey and reality TV star Ferne McCann have been eliminated on Dancing On Ice.
BAD LUCK
Chris’s injury woes come after he was involved in a car pile up after his very first live show.
The former Love Island star shared details of the hairy accident, explaining how it happened when he was trying to avoid a pile up on the road.
The Dancing On Ice star told the Mirror: “The day after the first Dancing On Ice show, I had a car accident.
“There were already a few cars on the side of the road who had pranged each other and they were in a bit of a kerfuffle, and I thought, I’m just gonna get out of your way.
“But I forgot to look, and a guy came in on the right-hand side.”
Chris then had another set back when his Dancing On Ice partner Vanessa Bauer was forced to pull out of the competition and thankfully, Robin Johnstone stepped in.
NEW PARTNER
Vanessa took to her Instagram on Sunday to announce the sad news that she would be withdrawing from this year’s series after sustaining an injury before the second live show.
She revealed in her video message that she had been training with Chris all week and skating through the pain she felt, not realising the seriousness of her injury.
It wasn’t until she went for an MRI that she learned she had “a completely torn ligament, grade three sprain injury and a major grade two sprain injury.”
She explained: “My pain threshold, I don’t trust it, I have been skating this whole week with a lot of pain but I just didn’t realise that it was such a significant injury so I didn’t voice my pain.
“I don’t want this injury that is already bad to get even worse and so the one sensible decision is to step away, do rehab, focus on my health – I guess mental health as well – because it’s really bad that I have to leave.”
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Love Island star Chris says the demands on his body are brutalCredit: Rex
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The reality TV star has been impressing the judgesCredit: Rex
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