PATSY Palmer will join Dancing on Ice’s hottest cast to date — saying she wants to push herself after turning 50 last May.
The ex-EastEnders star, famed for her “Rickaaay” cry as Bianca Jackson, fears things could get tricky after she signed up to the ITV show.
Patsy has been training for Dancing on Ice in the UK and is pictured for the first time in full skate regalia before the show returns
Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield return as hosts, with Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse as judges.Credit: Rex
The actress now lives a world away from Walford and co-star Sid Owen’s Ricky Butcher characterCredit: BBC
She said: “I’ve been asked to do it before, but I was absolutely terrified. The pact I made to myself when I turned 50 is that I have to do things to challenge myself for the next couple of years.
“This is for all the 50-year-olds who think they can’t do this — I’m actually quite scared now. Live your dreams!”
The actress now lives a world away from Walford and co-star Sid Owen’s Ricky Butcher character.
She spends her days with yoga and meditation at home in Malibu, California, where she works as a DJ.
But she has been training for Dancing on Ice in the UK and is pictured for the first time in full skate regalia before the show returns a week on Sunday.
Patsy is joined by Love Island winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu, singer Michelle Heaton, former Hollyoaks actress Carley Stenson, Corrie’s Mollie Gallagher, plus drag queen The Vivienne.
Ex-footie ace John Fashanu, TV’s Joey Essex, boy band The Wanted’s Siva Kaneswaran, comic Darren Harriott and gymnast Nile Wilson complete the line-up.
They will skate for a full audience for the first time since before the pandemic.
Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield return as hosts, with Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Ashley Banjo and Oti Mabuse as judges.