Dancing On Ice’s Colin Jackson reveals fears he’ll break ‘ribs and his hip’ as five stars pull out with nasty injuries

DANCING On Ice star Colin Jackson has revealed he fears he’ll break his “ribs and his hip” after five stars have been forced out with nasty injuries.

The Olympic champ, who at 53 is the oldest contestant of the series, was concerned about getting injured like his co-stars in the daredevil ITV show.

Former Olympic hurdler Colin is doing all he can not to get injured but fears he could break his ribs if he falls

The show has been beset by injuries. Rufus Hound, 41, had Covid, Billie Shepherd, 31, and Denise Van Outen, 46, who were both injured, all had at least two weeks off.

Jason Donovan, 52, also quit this week due to a back injury he could not shake off. 

In an exclusive chat with the Sun, Colin, who is one of the final five contestants in the 13th series of Dancing on Ice, said: “I absolutely love it.

“I’m not going to lie, It’s absolutely one of the toughest challenges I’ve done.

At 53, he’s the oldest contestant in the show

Colin, whose partner is Klabera Komini, is being cautious on the ice

“Because of the fear factor, so fear one, that I’m not in my 20s. So you have the sense of oh my God , suppose I end up on the floor. I’m going to break my ribs. I’m gonna break my hip, so that’s in your mind.

“In my mind, I feel like in my 20s, so I feel like I can do box splits and jumps and everything.”

He added: “But when you start to do things your body just aches a little bit more than it should do. So you kind of get used to that as well.

But what has happened is I’m learning to be a skilled first skater, which is more important. So I’ll act my age and not my shoe size. To borrow the phrase from Prince.”

Colin, whose has been a Qube mentor in the past inspiring young people, praised his pro partner Klabera Komini.

He said: “I cannot lie to you. I couldn’t have had a better partner. I have not laughed so much for as long as I can remember.

“To look at us in rehearsals, people will just think we are having a laugh. So we are like ‘we should really do some skating.”

HOAR revealed the show was plunged into chaos as Dancing On Ice bosses struggled to fill 8 hours of shows with just five skaters.

Fans wanted actor Joe-Warren Plant to make a return to the show, but their hopes were dashed when it was revealed he would not return after he was forced to pull out after testing positive for coronavirus.

A source told HOAR: “It’s just utter carnage this year.

“There’s injuries left right and centre, and Covid on top of that. No one could have foreseen this level of drop outs.”