Davina McCall hosts / Credit: Channel 4

Davina McCall hosts / Credit: Channel 4

Joey Essex and Dom Parker join the list of celebrities injured training for The Jump this year, alongside Lady Victoria Hervey and Phil Tufnell,

The Channel 4 winter sports competition is due to begin later this month but has now been thrown into disarray, with Joey saying "both legs hurt" after an accident in training to ski.

Explaining what happened he said to The Sun newspaper: "I was going down a really steep slope really fast and a random lady clipped me.

"My right foot was killing me but I couldn't stop, so I turned on my left and fell over on my head and rolled down the hill.

"My left leg got tangled in my right ski and went 'crack'. I had a double whammy. Both legs hurt, but the left one is worse."

These incidents add to those sustained by professional dancer Ola Jordan and wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons Sally Bercow - both of which have been forced to pull out of the competition.

Phil Tufnell has fallen from a skeleton sled and Dom Parker sustained a whiplash injury from bobsleigh.

Tufnell explained: "It happened just before the end, would you believe? It was like being thrown out the back of a car on the M25 doing 60mph.

"I'm covered from head to toe in bruises. I feel like I've been in a tumble drier for a week and a half."

Speaking of his own damage Dom added: "We've both got back injuries in exactly the same place. I thought I'd broken my back on the bobsleigh, pulling the brakes on.

"I came whipping through the finish line, howling like a stuck pig."

Lady Victoria went on to say her injury is one she's done by repeatedly hitting her wrist in the same place.

"I don't think it's broken but they are keeping an eye on it." she confirmed.

A Channel 4 source went on to say: "The contestants are surrounded by the best coaches but accidents do happen."

Other stars taking part in the programme include Louie Spence, Stacey Solomon, Mike Tindall and Ashley Roberts.


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