Dancing On Ice: Christopher Dean's childhood struggles after 'losing mum' to father's affair
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Dancing On Ice: Christopher Dean’s childhood struggles after ‘losing mum’ to father’s affair

He didn't get to see much of his mother when he was young

TV judge Christopher Dean first took up ice skating as a young boy after his stepmother talked his dad into buying him a pair of skates.

Christopher, 62, has previously detailed how during his initial steps onto the rink he fell over ‘a hundred times’.

But the Dancing On Ice star also told of how he kept getting back up – and fell in love with ice skating, being taken along every Saturday.

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However, Christopher also identifies how his focus and drive may have come from his parents splitting up when he was six.

The dedication of Dancing On Ice star Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill brought them Olympic gold in 1984
The dedication of Dancing On Ice star Christopher Dean and Jayne Torvill brought them Olympic gold in 1984 (Credit: DOI YouTube)

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Jayne would watch out for Christopher's mum in their early days skating together

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Robert Leigh
Freelance writer