Ferne McCann ‘gutted’ after being booted off Dancing On Ice in third week

Ferne McCann has said she is “gutted” after being being booted off Dancing On Ice in its third week.

The reality star, who rose to fame in The Only Way Is Essex (Towie) before landing her own shows, and skating partner Brendyn Hatfield went home after Movie Week on Sunday.

After the judges and the audience at home delivered their scores, McCann said: “So gutted, but it is what it is.

“It’s been amazing. Thank you so so much. It’s just been brilliant. So fantastic.”

Hatfield said: “We’ve had just the best time skating together and learning and growing, and she had so much more in her.”

McCann performed a Trolls-themed skate on Sunday to September by Earth, Wind And Fire, which features in the animated movie.

She scored 28 points with the judges, and demonstrated a move in which she sat down like a chair, while skating.

EastEnders star Charlie Brooks earned 27 points for her performance to Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers, which was used in the pottery scene from the 1990s romance movie Ghost.

Judge Oti Mabuse said it was the “most beautiful we’ve seen yet”, but added that the “nerves get the better of you” to Brooks.

Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave looked like he was in trouble, getting the lowest score of the night with 20 points on the leaderboard from the judges, but proved a hit with viewers.

Mabuse said Sir Steve “told the story really well”, but urged him to showcase “more skill” in future.

Joint highest scorers were Coronation Street star Sam Aston and BBC presenter Michaela Strachan on 32.5 points.

Last year, McCann – also known as a 2015 I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! finalist – quit her ITVBe show Ferne McCann: My Family And Me.

Launched as First Time Mum in 2017, the show about motherhood and relationships ran until 2024 for 13 series.

McCann has a baby daughter named Finty with her fiance, property developer Lorri Haines.

She also has an older daughter, Sunday, with a former partner.