Comedian Josh Jones exits Dancing on Ice after injury

Comedian Josh Jones has been forced to retreat from Dancing On Ice aft being injured during rehearsals.

The 32-year-old was owed to execute alongside spouse Tippy Packard successful the 3rd occurrence of the ITV world skating amusement connected Sunday, but volition present permission the contention early.

A connection connected the authoritative Dancing On Ice societal media channels said: "Josh and Tippy's concern volition beryllium greatly missed. We volition beryllium helping to enactment Josh and privation him good with his recovery."

The Mancunian comic had ne'er crystal skated earlier entering Dancing On Ice, telling viewers his acquisition was "as the accidental successful Eurovision... nuls points".

Jones hosts the humanities gossip podcast Dead Drama and is simply a co-presenter of the drama podcast Chatting With Cherubs alongside Morgan Rees.

He has besides appeared connected shows including Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club and 8 Out Of 10 Cats, and has hosted the BBC Three contention Fast Food Face-Off.

He was partnered with nonrecreational fig skater Tippy Packard, who joined the amusement successful 2022.

The pair's archetypal skate connected Dancing On Ice was a light-hearted show to the Scissor Sisters deed I Don't Feel Like Dancing, which landed them successful the bottommost 2 past week.

They narrowly survived elimination, with the Hollyoaks histrion Chelsee Healey becoming the archetypal personage to beryllium voted disconnected the 2025 series.

Following Jones and Packard's exit from the show, fans took to societal media calling for Healey to beryllium allowed to instrumentality to the competition.

There has been nary announcement connected whether the mates volition beryllium replaced.

It is not the archetypal clip a contestant connected the amusement has been forced to retreat due to the fact that of injury.

In 2024, erstwhile Olympic jock Greg Rutherford was forced to propulsion retired of the final aft sustaining an wounded successful rehearsals.

Before past year's bid had begun, erstwhile Gogglebox prima Stephen Lustig-Webb withdrew due to the fact that of an ankle injury.

Others person sustained injuries but continued to compete.

Coronation Street prima Antony Cotton fractured 2 ribs successful 2018 erstwhile his partner, Brandee Malto, landed connected apical of him - but vowed that "the amusement indispensable spell on".

And successful the 2012 series, the erstwhile Brookside histrion Jennifer Ellison attempted to impressment the judges with a fierce "scorpion kick" - extending her limb towards the backmost of her caput and cutting her caput unfastened with her skate.

She continued until the semi-final earlier being eliminated.