Ferne McCann was all smiles as she was seen training for the first time for Dancing On Ice in London on Friday.
The former TOWIE star, 34, bundled up in a cream zip-up jumper and a blue gilet, teamed with skin-tight lilac leggings.
She swept her brunette locks back into a ponytail and accessorised with dainty silver jewellery.
Ferne couldn’t contain her laughter during the session as she was helped around the ice by a trainer.
Ferne revealed her participation on Good Morning Britain earlier this month, as the mother-of-two shared: ‘I’m so excited, it’s going to be a huge challenge but I’m excited for the glitz and glamour of the show.’
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Ferne McCann was all smiles as she was seen training for the first time for Dancing On Ice in London on Friday
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The former TOWIE star, 34, bundled up in a cream zip-up jumper and a blue gilet, teamed with skin-tight lilac leggings
Asked if she can skate, she confessed: ‘Kind of… I’ve done Winter Wonderland and stuff like that with the children but you know the penguins? I’m hunched over one of those!’
Ferne shot to fame in 2013 when she joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its ninth series.
She has since appeared on Celebs Go Dating and I’m A Celebrity, finishing the latter in third place.
Most recently she has starred in her own ITV show, My Family And Me, but earlier this month she confirmed the next series of her long-running reality series will be her last.
The show, which started life as Ferne McCann: First Time Mum and initially followed her pregnancy and raising her firstborn Sunday, has run for 13 series and 7 years.
The show was retitled in 2023 when Ferne welcomed her second daughter Finty.
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She swept her brunette locks back into a ponytail and accessorised with dainty silver jewellery
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Ferne couldn’t contain her laughter during the session as she was helped around the ice by a trainer
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Ferne thanked the trainer and gave him a hug goodbye
But now she is ready to pull the plug after making the ‘difficult decision’ with businessman fiancé Lorri Haines and six-year old daughter Sunday, her child with former partner Arthur Collins.
She told The Sunday Mirror: ‘The point where everything changed was when Sunday actually said to me: ‘Am I famous?’ A few of her friends had seen her on an advert.
‘And I was like: ‘Oh I don’t know…’ It made me feel uncomfortable, because I don’t want her to feel she is different…
‘After that it felt like a whole different ball game, so I went away and worked out what I was feeling, and it felt like the right time to stop.’
She added that although Sunday has been on the show since she was born, she’d ‘never really’ watched it and was ‘unaware’ of the situation – until that question.
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She slipped into a pair of white crocs and carried a large black bag
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She sipped water from her Stanley cup and chatted on the phone
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Revealing the news on Monday’s episode of GMB , the mother-of-two shared: ‘I’m so excited, it’s going to be a huge challenge but I’m excited for the glitz and glamour of the show’
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Asked if she can skate, she confessed: ‘Kind of… I’ve done Winter Wonderland and stuff like that with the children but you know the penguins? I’m hunched over one of those!’
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Ferne appeared to be raring to go at the training session
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Ferne shot to fame in 2013 when she joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex for its ninth series
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She has since appeared on Celebs Go Dating and I’m A Celebrity, finishing the latter in third place
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The full Dancing On Ice line-up was confirmed this week
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She will now take to the ice rink for the ITV show alongside fellow celebrities including Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave, TV presenter Michaela Strachan and soap stars Charlie Brooks and Sam Aston
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They will be joined by others including former footballer Anton Ferdinand, Hollyoaks actress Chelsee Healey and reality stars Mollie Pearce and Ferne McCann
In March it was revealed Holly Willoughby has been offered a lucrative deal by ITV bosses to return to host Dancing On Ice next year in a bid to keep her at the channel.
For the first time in 20 years the presenter will not be contracted for a show on the channel, leaving the door open for their rivals to swoop in and hire her.
But The Mail on Sunday revealed that the programme will be back for another season, and that they are already in talks with Holly about her anchoring it alongside Stephen Mulhern in a clear sign to other broadcasters to keep their hands off of their star.
A source close to the show said: ‘Dancing On Ice is definitely coming back in 2025 and the plan is that Holly will host it.
‘Contracts are being negotiated but the chiefs love her and they know that there are others who would love to sign her up but ITV love her and they want to keep her very much part of the ITV furniture for years to come.
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Ferne looked incredible for her appearance on the ITV news show in a white jumper and pleated mini skirt that showed off her enviably toned pins
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Earlier this month Ferne confirmed the next series of her long-running reality series, My Family & Me, will be her last (pictured on the show with fiancé Lorri Haines and daughters Sunday, six, and Finty, 14 months)
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In March it was revealed Holly Willoughby has been offered a lucrative deal by ITV bosses to return to host Dancing On Ice next year in a bid to keep her at the channel
‘Holly has a real fondness for the show, it really catapulted her career from a children’s presenter into grown up television so ITV very much hope that she will agree to the deal.’
Sources say that the upper echelons of ITV are also looking at other big shows that she can present after she quit This Morning after 14 years last October following a plot to kidnap and murder her as the BBC are said to be determined to hire her to host more of their programmes.
Meanwhile, skate experts Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean are said to be ‘super keen’ for the show to return because their tour to celebrate 50 years of skating together will start shortly after next year’s series ends.
A friend of the Olympic champions said: ‘Dancing On Ice will nicely segway into their tour so they are really keen to return next year. It all falls perfectly into place for them.’
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