Dancing On Ice viewers were left with a lot of questions during Sunday night’s show, when presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield alluded to a mysterious situation involving contestant Caprice.
At the beginning of the show, Holly and Phil revealed that Caprice had “parted ways” with her professional skating partner Hamish Gaman, but offered no further information, including whether her time on the show was over for good.
“Unfortunately, Caprice and Hamish have parted ways and will not be skating this week,” Holly explained to viewers.
“As you saw in our opening number, Hamish remains one of the members of our professional team and we hope to have Caprice back on the ice next week.”
Neither Caprice nor Hamish has commented publicly on their “parting”, but the model has liked a number of tweets about the situation, including one calling the announcement “stupid” for not including more information:
@dancingonice stupid announcement - more info please regarding @CapriceBourret_ and @HamishGaman. Surely you must have anticipated the reaction when you only give half a story
— Ann Waddell (@AnnWaddell15) January 19, 2020
So we're basically just ignoring #DancingOnIce now and waiting for @dancingonice to give us more @CapriceBourret_ info, yeah?
— Daniel Francis 🏳️🌈 🏴 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@TMLS) January 19, 2020
If there's a sweep, I want #divastrop
Can somebody pls let me know the ☕️ @hollywills just randomly comes out with the fact my favourite @CapriceBourret_ won’t be skating tonight and will no longer be skating with Hamish like wtaf is going on!!!! #fuming #whatsthetea https://t.co/3ckgFZoiV1
— Lewis🖤 (@Jenmetcalfefan4) January 19, 2020
No one can concentrate on the skating as we're all too busy trying to find out what's happened between @HamishGaman and @CapriceBourret_ #DancingOnIce @dancingonice
— 𝒮𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒜𝓃𝓃 🐻 (@ThePitstopbunny) January 19, 2020
I hope she’s OK too - I’ve just watched the start again. They have parted ways - looks like Hamish no longer her partner, but Caprice should be back next week 🤷🏻♀️ Hope so xx
— Jo Hemmings (@TVpsychologist) January 19, 2020
I’ve interviewed @CapriceBourret_ twice since the series started and she was loving every single minute of it. She is also one of the nicest celebs out there ❤️ Really hope she’s back on the ice next week #caprice #DancingOnIce #love
— Susan Hill (@SuseHill) January 19, 2020
@CapriceBourret_ you've "parted company" with @HamishGaman , what happened?
— Carol Graham (@CDevlin2003) January 19, 2020
Extremely worried about Lady Caprice (@CapriceBourret_) being absent on @dancingonice.
— Trevor Holohan (@HolohanTrevor) January 19, 2020
I hope that she reconsiders her decision.
She and @HamishGaman were excellent together.
They looked destined to win this.
I hope that you are OK, Miss Bourret. 👍🙄💗✌️💞#DancingOnIce pic.twitter.com/JqqoNNRYFb
When contacted by HuffPost UK, a Dancing On Ice rep reiterated Holly and Phillip’s statement from the opening of Sunday’s show.
Caprice and Hamish made their skating debut in the second week of this year’s series, and finished in second place on the leaderboard with an impressive 25.5 points.
Hamish was there during the opening group performance, but was not seen for the remainder of the episode.
He joined the show in 2018, and has previously skated with Olympic athlete Perri Shakes-Drayton and X Factor singer Saara Aalto, who made it through to the final last year.
Other professional skaters on this year’s show who don’t currently have celebrity partners include Łukasz Różycki and Sylvain Longhchambon.
Brendyn Hatfield is also now without a partner, after he and Lucrezia Millarini were eliminated at the end of Sunday’s show.
Dancing On Ice airs on Sunday nights on ITV.
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Gemma Collins
Her stint on Splash! won her praise for her zero-f***s-given attitude to diving, although her brief spell in the I'm A Celebrity jungle was slightly less celebrated.
Celebrity Big Brother led to her becoming the queen of memes (or "memays" as she would say), after which she appeared on Celebs Go Dating, Celebrity Masterchef and All Together Now.
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Mark Wright
He also enjoyed success on Strictly Come Dancing and had his own ITV2 show, Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights (though he'd probably rather we didn't mention that one), before landing a job as host of Channel 5's The Bachelor reboot.
Courtney Act
After winning CBB, Courtney joined E! dating show The Bi Life as host, before going on to take part in the Australian version of Strictly, Dancing With The Stars. She also took part in MTV series Single AF.
Kerry Katona
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In 2019, she returned to reality TV as a contestant on Celebs Go Dating, though she was ultimately unable to find a match.
Katie Hopkins
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Jake Quickenden
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The spell was finally broken for Jake in 2018, when he was crowned champion of Dancing On Ice, alongside his partner Vanessa Bauer.
Alison Hammond
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Roxanne Pallett
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Kim Woodburn
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Joe McElderry
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Aston Merrygold
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Megan McKenna
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Gary Busey
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Gareth Gates
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Nikki Grahame
Her behaviour during her first stay in the BB house went on to earn her a short-lived spin-off show inspired by The Simple Life, called Princess Nikki, while she and former housemate Aisleyne also competed on Celebrity Coach Trip, but she was voted off for her tantrums.
Sinitta
While she's hit up all the mainstream shows like Dancing On Ice, The Jump and I'm A Celebrity, Sinitta has also had her fingers in quite a few lesser-known reality pies.
Her appearance on Sky's short-lived Cirque De Celebrité is oft-overlooked, while in 2015, she learned to pole dance, as part of her stint on Get Your Act Together.
She then competed in Celebrity Masterchef, but was booted off after just one week, and Sing If You Can, though her appearance in this was hindered by a broken ankle.
Vanessa Feltz
A decade later, she returned to the house for a spell in Ultimate Big Brother, alongside many other legendary housemates.
She also appeared in a celebrity version of Wife Swap, where she traded places with Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee, a couple with plenty of their own reality TV appearances.
Rebecca Loos
She famously got into a spat with Sharon Osbourne during X Factor: Battle Of The Stars, and we'll not even mention what she got up to with a pig on The Farm.
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Joey Essex
He threw on his Speedos when he took part in Splash! finished in fourth place in I'm A Celebrity after endearing the nation, and bettered even that when he surprised everyone by winning The Jump.
Following this, he went on the hunt for romance on Celebs Go Dating, and even landed his own stand-alone series Educating Joey Essex.
Lisa Scott-Lee
In non-fascinator news, Lisa Scott-Lee was one of the stars to take place in the ill-fated Sky series CelebAir, later lacing up her ice skates to appear in Dancing On Ice.
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Louie Spence
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Caitlyn Jenner
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Vicky Pattison
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She later appeared as a contestant on the Australian version of the show, where she once again made it all the way to the end.
Calum Best
You may well have seen him finish in third place in 2015's CBB final, returning to the house two years later, or his stint on Celebs Go Dating.
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