Stephen Mulhern has admitted Ricky Hatton's punch "hurt a lot", when he was whacked in the arm by the former pro boxer on 'Dancing on Ice'.
Dancing on Ice's Stephen Mulhern reveals how much Ricky Hatton's punch hurt
The 42-year-old TV presenter asked the 45-year-old star to whack him as a joke during Sunday night's (14.01.24) series launch night, but the ‘Catchphrase’ host forgot just how hard retired fighter Ricky can hit.
Speaking to MailOnline, Stephen said: "Ricky is one strong man, I asked him to punch me as a gag forgetting for a moment that he is a three-time boxing world champion, and yes it hurt, a lot!"
During the programme, Ricky joined presenters Stephen and Holly Willoughby off the ice, only for Stephen to keep making jokes at his expense.
Holly then said: "please just hit him", to which the boxer did, sending Stephen hurling to the floor.
On X (formally Twitter) Ricky's account received a comment joking about the presenter's condition after suffering a punch.
It read: "Ricky even landing knockout blows on @dancingonice! Hope you're okay @StephenMulhern".
The TV star then replied: "I'm already starting to bruise!"
Ricky was one of six celebrities who made their ice debuts on Sunday.
'Love Island' star Amber Davies, S Club 7 singer Hannah Spearritt, 'Emmerdale' actress Roxy Shahidi, Olympian athlete Greg Rutherford and former 'Coronation Street' actor Ryan Thomas also appeared on the show on Sunday.
Ryan and his pro ice skating partner Amani Fancy topped the leaderboard with a score of 26.5, while Ricky could only muster 12.5 points, meaning he is in the bottom two ahead of this Sunday's (21.01.24) second episode.
Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards, Adele Roberts, Claire Sweeney, Lou Sanders, Miles Nazaire, and Ricky Norwood will make their debuts on the ice on Sunday.
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