Ferne McCann on needing more confidence for Dancing on Ice!

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00:00It's lovely to see you both. You both look stunning. No, you actually do. Can we just

00:05take a moment for the looks, the fit, the tan?

00:08We've got the sequins, the glitter.

00:10I've got lots of glitter.

00:11Yeah, we've got the height as well. We're both quite tall.

00:14Very dancer-esque.

00:15Yeah.

00:16Of this team.

00:17He said it, not me.

00:18Hence why people can't see but I'm standing on a pedestal so I can reach your height.

00:22You're standing on nice and you're very comfortable. I was scared just even standing on that side.

00:26How are you feeling? Are you getting more comfortable with it?

00:29I feel good. I'm very happy that there's a white carpet underneath me otherwise me

00:34in these heels on ice would not be a good ending, I'll tell you that. But yeah, do you

00:39know what? I'm definitely starting to feel more at home on the ice. It's been a long

00:44journey but just the maddest progression because at the beginning I could not ice skate. I

00:49couldn't. I could get round and I could get by but all this inside, outside edges, all

00:55this jargon. I was like, what? Like seriously and it took me a while for it to click and

01:00everyone kept saying, oh it's going to click and I'm like, when? Feeling really frustrated

01:04but honestly I feel like so much more at ease. I've obviously got such a supportive partner.

01:09Brendan, you're so patient.

01:11Honestly, I love coming into work and we just have a blast. We laugh a lot but we also just

01:18work hard.

01:19Get to work.

01:20It's fun.

01:21We're at the beginning but you see that nose.

01:23Do you know what? The relationship is so important and we have got the same banter

01:28and we love to chat. As much as we're here to ice skate, every so often we'll be talking

01:33about food or something like that.

01:35Family or whatever it is. We can relate on a lot of different things which makes training

01:40so much more fun and easy too.

01:42I think for me the scariest thing is imagining being on the ice and then having the fingers

01:46with the blades. That's always my thing.

01:48She literally said this this morning.

01:49Don't jinx it because this happened. I sort of flinched because Brendan was talking me

01:54through a new trick that we were learning today and he was like, I sort of saw my mind

02:00and the wheels turning and he was like, what's happened?

02:02I was like, no, no, no, it's fine. He was like, no, no, no, tell me. Because we're very

02:05transparent with each other, communication is very good and I was like, I just had this

02:10fear that I was going to lose my little finger.

02:12And now you've said it, that's not a sign.

02:14And I was like, don't worry about it, it happens to all of us.

02:17No, I mean like when you're in an ice rink and it's full of people, that's my worry.

02:21It's just you two and Brendan's not going to do that. He knows what he's doing.

02:24No.

02:25He's a professional. Is that the scariest part? Has that been the scariest part for you?

02:28I think for me, I've had this big fear in front of me that I've had to overcome and

02:34still working on it because it is a confidence thing. Yes, there's the technicality and the

02:40skill to it, but it's like just learning something new as an adult, I've just felt

02:46like not as confident in like other areas of my life. So definitely we've been working

02:52on that as well, just like going for it and trying it. And actually I said to you today,

02:56I was like, at the beginning of our training session today, I was really nervous. I mean,

03:01I need to like snap out of that. I've got the live on Sunday. And then as we got into

03:06it, and at the end of the session, I was like, actually, I managed to do everything

03:11and I'm good. So I need to like work on that confidence shift.

03:15You're a mum. Mums can do anything in my opinion. Do you know what I mean? If you can be a mum,

03:19you can do anything. It's nice to see you back on the telly as well. Is it nice to be

03:22back in the glam life?

03:23Oh my goodness, yes. Do you know what? I can't imagine my life without cameras. And like

03:29I made that huge decision to stop my reality show at the end of last year. And like every

03:36time I talk about it, it makes me emotional because it was such a huge chapter of my life.

03:40But this is just like so fun and like so good for timing to like pause that, finish that

03:47and then walk into like this. Such an insane experience.

03:50Is that the most nerve wracking thing, the idea of the kids watching?

03:54I'm excited. Do you know what? Sunday, she's going to come on Sunday and she's so looking

04:00forward to it. This is the first show that she can actually enjoy because all the other

04:03ones, she's either been too young. She's never quite watched a reality show, although she

04:08did watch like a sequel of Tantrums of her on YouTube, but she finds it hysterical. But

04:15yeah, she's really, really looking forward to it. It's a family show.

04:19It's a family show.

04:20So it's going to be a full family affair for my family.

04:21Listen, have faith in yourself. You're going to do better than what you think, but he's

04:24got you. Look at his shirt.

04:26I know. Come on.

04:28I mean, look at this thing.

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