Claire Sweeney reveals embarrassing first day of training - 'My bum was hanging out!'
ok.co.ukCoronation Street’s Claire Sweeney, 52, is swapping the cobbles for the ice rink of Dancing On Ice – although the Cassie Plummer actor admits that she made an embarrassing first impression on judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean. “I took a really hard fall but I got back up and carried on for half an hour,” says Claire, who is partnered with US professional Colin Grafton. “I get in the dressing room and I’m hyperventilating and then I catch myself in the mirror – my leggings are ripped from the top of my bum to the bottom.
I’ve been skating around with my bum hanging out!” Despite her tumble in training, Claire admits that she’s doing the show so she can skate with Jaxon, the nine-year-old son she shares with her ex Daniel Reilly. “To be able to skate in front of my son and actually do it properly - that’s what excites me the most,” she smiles.
Claire rose to fame on Channel 4's Brookside as Lindsey Corkhill before becoming a West End star in Chicago, Guys and Dolls, Legally Blonde and Educating Rita.
She went on to join the Loose Women panel, before returning to acting in Scarborough, The Good Ship Murders and most recently, ITV's Coronation Street.
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