Dancing On Ice: Christopher Dean injured!

Dancing On Ice: Christopher Dean injured!
Dancing On Ice: Christopher Dean injured!

Dancing On Ice coach Christopher Dean has badly injured his thumb after he and partner Jayne Torvill demonstrated a tricky move for Sunday's show. The Sun reports that the pair were showing Emmerdale star Hayley Tamaddon - currently the favourite to win the series - how to perform the "headbanger" move for her routine this weekend. The move involves the male skater swinging the female skater round by her feet so her head is just inches from the ice - but Dean came a cropper after Torvill accidentally slashed him with the blades of her skates. And the incident - which saw Dean having to receive treatment from the show's medics - has been captured on film and may be screened on Sunday night's show. However Tamaddon has vowed to attempt the stunt with skating partner Daniel Whiston, despite the risks - and the fact that it has also given her motion sickness. "Hayley is less than confident about the headbanger. It's such tricky move and there's so much danger," an insider told The Sun. "She's worried for Dan's hands and also for her head. If it goes wrong we could see a real disaster on live television."

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