Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards has been voted off ‘Dancing on Ice’.
Eddie The Eagle has left the ITV present
The 60-year-old former ski jumper and his skilled skating companion Vicky Ogden have left the ITV present, after they misplaced within the skate-off towards Amber Davies and her professional companion Simon Proulx-Senecal.
The judging panel have been cut up on the consequence, till head decide Christopher Dean opted to ship the previous Olympian residence.
Eddie beforehand rubbished ideas that his sporting background would assist him on ‘Dancing on Ice’.
The ski jumper acknowledged that he was a “actually, actually dangerous skater”.
Eddie – who competed for Nice Britain on the Winter Olympics in 1988 – mentioned: “There’s a variety of stress now that everyone thinks I’m going to be a very, actually good skater.
“I’m a very, actually dangerous skater in the meanwhile. It’s a very completely different sport.
“Once I ski I robotically get myself right into a sure stance. That stance shouldn’t be a superb stance for skating, which is why I preserve falling on my face, as a result of I’m used to arching my again and going forwards.”
Eddie additionally acknowledged that he is turn into much less aggressive over time.
The retired sports activities star – who was the main target of ‘Eddie the Eagle’, a biographical movie, in 2016 – admitted that he merely wished to “have enjoyable” on the present.
He defined: “I was very aggressive however, in all probability during the last 20 years, I’m simply not aggressive anymore, nowhere close to like I was. I simply exit and luxuriate in it and have enjoyable doing issues.”