Ashley Banjo has insisted there is "something wrong" if no one strikes up a relationship on 'Dancing On Ice'.
Ashley Banjo wants people to find love on Dancing On Ice
The 33-year-old choreographer - who will return to the show's judging panel when the new season starts on Sunday (16.01.22) - admitted he wouldn't be surprised to see love blossom between the competing contestants and their skating partners, having previously seen it happen on the show.
He said: “If you get through one of these shows without any romance there is something wrong.”
Although the Diversity star - who has Rose, two, and Micah, nine months, with wife Francesca Abbott - is close to Ice Panel newcomer Oti Mabuse, he insisted his spouse isn't "worried" about the "curse" of the show hitting their relationship as he and the dancer are just "good friends".
He told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: “We are good friends. She has semi-adopted my baby. When she danced with Diversity in the past she would have my baby on her shoulder and was carrying her around.
“You trust her with things like that. You always have a wild time when Oti is around. She’s always doing a TikTok in the corner, she is very positive.
“My wife isn’t worried about the love curse, I bring her to rehearsals with me and she’s friends with Oti, they are in regular contact.”
While Oti is excited about her new job, she admitted she had one big concern when she agreed to replace John Barrowman and join Ashley and skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean at the judges' table.
She said: “Literally the first question I asked was will I be cold?
“I am not a daredevil on ice, I can skate but like in a straight line, I won’t be doing laps or racing.
"I don’t even like being cold. Me and Jayne (Torvill) are going to get a heater at the bottom of the table.”
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