Ashley Banjo, Oti Mabuse, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have returned to the Dancing On Ice judging panel (Picture: Rex Features)
Dancing On Ice viewers were in stitches just minutes into the new series after Christopher Dean made an accidental joke about his co-judge Jayne Torvill.
Hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield did the honours of opening the new series of the ITV skating competition on Sunday, which will see the likes of Love Island’s Ekin-Su Culculoglu, Towie’s Joey Essex and footballer John Fashanu compete.
Following a colourful opening number from the professional skaters, reality star Joey was the first celebrity to take to the ice alongside his pro partner Vanessa Bauer.
However, when it was time to get feedback from the judges, Christopher walked himself right into a hilariously awkward blunder.
Before discussing Joey’s performance, Phillip turned his attention to the judge’s injured finger which was wrapped with a sparkling bandage to match his suit.
Explaining what happened, Christopher began: ‘Jayne was squeezing my hard in the lift,’ before realising his unfortunate choice of words and stuttering.
Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby couldn’t believe their ears (Picture: Rex Features)
Chris and Jayne shared laughs as they made their arrival on the ice for the first time this series (Picture: Rex Features)
The judges were pumped up and ready for skating action (Picture: Rex Features)
Chris and Jayne are lifelong friends having skated together for decades (Picture: PA)
Phillip, Holly and the rest of the judging panel, which also features Jayne, Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse, didn’t hesitate to burst into laughter, while Joey looked a little confused seemingly missing the blunder.
‘I wish i hadn’t asked now,’ Phillip joked, while Christopher attempted to gloss over his mistake, adding: ‘I fell over in a darkened room.’
Holly quipped: ‘I prefer the first story,’ to which Christopher replied: ‘Maybe i’ll stick with that.’
Viewers were highly amused by the whole situation, with one commenting: ‘Jane was squeezing off Chris in a lift What a start to #DancingOnIce.’
‘Chris trying to be all serious after saying Jayne squeezed his hard in the lift… I can’t,’ another laughed.
‘After that explanation difficult to take Chris seriously now,’ one agreed.
Sharing others’ disbelief at Chris’ revelation, one viewer said: ‘I just had to watch that back 5 times! Jane squeezed Chris’s hard on in a lift apparently!’
Dancing On Ice continues on ITV1.
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