Christine Bleakley: 'Dancing on Ice more up my street than Daybreak'
Published Jan 1 2012, 15:50 GMT | By Daniel Sperling
Christine Bleakley has claimed that she was "ready to move on" from Daybreak.The presenter made her final appearance on the ITV programme last month after being fired along with her former One Show colleague Adrian Chiles in November.
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Bleakley will next appear on the channel in January as Holly Willoughby's Dancing on Ice replacement, a role that she suggested was more "up [her] street" than breakfast TV.
"Stories [about Daybreak] that we were dropped out of the blue just aren't true," she told the Daily Mail. "The reality is a lot less dramatic.
"After a year of getting up early I still wasn't used to it and, to be honest, I was ready to move on to something else. Adrian and I had been in talks with the producers for quite some time before any announcement was made; and for me to be given an amazing role in Dancing on Ice was perfect.
"I've been watching the show for years so to be presenting it is a dream come true. I love a bit of glitz and glamour, so this is right up my street, and Phillip Schofield is great to work with."
She added: "He's also apparently quite good on skates, which makes me I think I'll have to get a bit of practice in, so I know what I'm talking about."
Bleakley previously told Digital Spy that she is "starting to get butterflies" about her Dancing on Ice gig.
> Adrian Chiles on 'Daybreak' axe: 'I was dead wrong for the show'
That's it love you fight your corner, Daybreak was a spectacular success and the public acually loved you on the show, you had been in talks with anyone and anything at ITV for them to find a way to shunt you off Daybreak. Silly woman if you say something often enough it doen't come true.
January 3rd 2012 at 6:52am
Lets watch the viewers fall instead of the skaters.
January 2nd 2012 at 6:46pm
She has never done any thing herself things have been handed too her on a plate took klass job on the one show and hollys on dancing on ice a disgrace.
January 2nd 2012 at 12:18pm
Was Holly pushed to make room for CB?
January 2nd 2012 at 9:17am
Just keep walking up the street, straight past the studio before you ruin another show.
January 2nd 2012 at 1:30am