Ben Foden’s wife Jackie Smith Foden has laid into ITV skating competition Dancing On Ice after her rugby union husband was voted the first to leave in Sunday night’s elimination.The New York mum-of-one, 37, couldn’t hold back her rage after the sportsman’s unexpectedly premature exit from the reality show, and she wrote a scathing rant on her Instagram.The star, who shares one year old daughter Farrah with Ben, was particularly frustrated as she claimed the show appeared to be merely a “popularity competition” rather than one based on skating talent alone.
She also shared her wishes to get back to America as soon as possible after uprooting her life to move to the UK so she could support husband Ben, 36, during the competition.
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter . You can sign up at the top of the page After dedicating a gushing tribute to her husband and telling him she was “so proud” of his efforts on the show, blonde beauty Jackie aired her frustrations over the format. "What's the point of saying it's a skate competition when it's really just a popularity competition?” she asked her followers in a lengthy statement on her stories. "Why divide the skaters into two weeks, groups of your choosing, and why not judge all their scores together after the two weeks? "What's the point of getting a bunch of people together and then not judging them together afterwards?" the star continued, going on to question why there was even a judging panel at all when “it’s all down to a public vote”. "That's not a skate competition, it's a popularity competition.
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