Dancing On Ice professional Vanessa Bauer has revealed she’s been forced to quit the series after suffering a devastating injury.

The skater, had been performing with Love Island star Chris Taylor, but shared she’s no longer able to continue in the competition after sustaining an injury in rehearsals.

Sharing the news in a video posted on Instagram Vanessa said: ‘I’m here today with rather upsetting news. I am unfortunately not going to be able to continue on Dancing on Ice with Chris.

‘That’s really upsetting for me. I have trained Chris since October last year and it is always such an amazing achievement for myself to see someone else progress so much in a skill they’ve never done before.

‘So it’s been really rewarding for me to watch this whole journey for Chris [and] the way he’s got better week since October and also since the live shows started.’

She then went on to explain what had happened and how she was having to put her health first.

Vanessa continued: ‘I unfortunately had a little accident backstage last week on Dancing on Ice just before the live show on Sunday.

‘And I didn’t realise how bad it was then, but we did an MRI and it turned out that I have a completely torn ligament, grade three sprain injury and a major grade two sprain injury.

‘I shouldn’t be skating on an injury like that and so I’m taking all of the advice from the medical professionals here, I am in very good hands.’ 

Revealing she would be undergoing rehab for her injury, Vanessa added: ‘My pain threshold, I don’t trust it, I have been skating this whole week with a lot of pain but I just didn’t realise that it was such a significant injury so I didn’t voice my pain.

‘It just goes to show that you should listen to your body and try to tune into your body a lot.

‘I don’t want this injury that is already bad to get even worse and so the one sensible decision is to step away, do rehab, focus on my health – I guess mental health as well – because it’s really bad that I have to leave.

‘But I’m excited to get better and to get back to skating properly every single day.’

Vanessa added in the caption: ‘Thank you so much for your support this season and over the past 8 years!

‘There is so much really exciting stuff happening year and I’m looking forward to being properly healed for it! I’ll be there supporting you every step along the way’

Vanessa was flood by support by her co-stars and celebrity skating partner Chris who re-shared her video on his Instagram Stories and added: ‘While I’m here, let me tell you something about this woman.

‘She is hands down the most committed, determined and inspirational woman I have ever met. She gives everything 2000% and it’s been an honour to be taught by her.

‘Very, very sad we don’t get to finish this together, but you’ve got an annoying brother for life now.’

Meanwhile Ferne McCan penned: ‘Oh darling, devastating news for you. Health comes first. Wishing you a speedy recovery’.

Vanessa is not the only star to have to pull out of the 2025 series of the ITV show after celebrity Josh Jones was forced to quit due to injury as well.