Clearly equally delighted, Max added: ‘I haven’t done any skating since I was a kid, and this is completely different having to skate on live television. I’ve had two training sessions which have hurt my feet a lot. We’ve all had a dance, which is familiar territory, but skating is so not…’
Jake, who shot to fame on The X Factor on 2012, joined the duo in heading for the ice, yet he confessed his concerns, as he said: ‘I’m terrified. I had my first training session yesterday – I was freezing! Ice is cold! But it was amazing, the coaches are unbelievable.
‘I just feel so lucky that I’ve been asked to do it. I’m so buzzing, I can’t even explain. It’s my mums favourite!… I’ve been wearing (my fiancee) Danielle’s tights to get used to the lycra!’
Hot-on-the-heels of the news coming out, Jake appeared on This Morning where he added: ‘The coach was amazing because I went there and I think he thought I was on the booze the night before because I was all over the place. Then I settled down and it was great. I just feel lucky that I’ve been asked to do it. I’m so buzzing.”
