ITV This Morning's Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield announce first celebrity for Dancing On Ice 2023

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Strictly Come Dancing is only just getting started and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here is still weeks away but it appears that it's never too early to start discussing Dancing On Ice as the show's hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield made an announcement.

The hosting duo were back at their usual job on This Morning on Monday (October 3) and they were quick to share that they could reveal the first celebrity to be taking part in the ITV skating competition, which they host in January, on today's show.

After a bit of teasing and clue dropping throughout the daytime programme, Holly, 41, and Phillip, 60, were finally able to make the announcement and revealed that actress and DJ Patsy Palmer is the first celebrity confirmed to be taking part in the new series of Dancing on Ice. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans spot hilarious detail in big routine as they 'know' what professionals were up to Talking exclusively to This Morning, Patsy said of her reason for signing up for the show: "Out of all the things that came through at that time, this was the one that I had to really think about.

I wanted to challenge myself, get back to work, get out of my comfort zone. "And I just thought 'Oh I'll just go for it', it seems like a lot of fun and I do love ice skating but I'm not an ice skater!" Phillip then revealed that Patsy had been asked to do the show in the past but had previously turned it down.