Wes Nelson found his split from Megan Barton Hanson "really, really difficult".
Wes Nelson
The 'Love Island' stars ended their six-month romance earlier this year and the 20-year-old hunk broke down in tears as he discussed his desire to find a love as strong as that which his parents have.
Wes cried as he explained why he and Vanessa Bauer had chosen to perform to 'Never Too Much' by Luther Vandross on the upcoming 'Dancing On Ice' semi-final, which takes place on Sunday (03.03.19) evening.
He said: "It's my parents' wedding song. My mum and dad genuinely mean the absolute world to me. I can't even thank them enough for how much they've done for me. It's a big thank you to them really. I think my mum and dad completely personify the word 'love.'
"Of course I've experienced love but I'd love to love like my parents do. Me and Megs we had a really, really good bond and it makes me upset now to talk about it but it isn't great, and it was really, really difficult at the time."
Wes previously admitted he thinks Megan wished he'd never signed up for 'Dancing On Ice' because she wanted them to lead a "simpler life" away from the spotlight.
He said: "I think she wishes I didn't do 'Dancing on Ice' just purely because we wanted a simpler sort of life but it's very difficult when you've come out of a show like 'Love Island'.
"You've gotta strike while the iron's hot. There's a sense of, I'm very career driven so after leaving the show I thought strike while the iron is hot. I've got all these opportunities ahead of me it would be silly for me not to utilise them."
The blonde beauty had previously slammed Wes' professional partner, Vanessa, for her "tactical" break-up from Louis Nathaniel shortly before the live shows started, and claimed the skater hadn't been welcoming towards her.
However, Wes has insisted that Vanessa had nothing to do with their break up and claimed the pair called time on their romance because of his hectic schedule.
He explained: "It's made out to be Vanessa this Vanessa that and it's not that. It's more so the fact that it's all so time-consuming and you're away from home all the time and it makes it very difficult to plan things ahead.
"In a normal relationship, you can [plan] ahead you can say 'oh we'll go to this place here we'll have a date night this week' with my schedule and training it changes day by day week by week."
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