Dancing on Ice: Brendan Cole on training with Vanessa Bauer
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Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole has opened up on his Dancing on Ice partnership with Vanessa Bauer ahead of the show’s return on Sunday night. Appearing on BBC Radio 2 this morning, the dancer, 45, spoke to Zoe Ball on her Breakfast Show when he admitted that his skating partner Vanessa doesn’t always appreciate the “talk back” he gives her during training.
I’m not so sure, her stare doesn’t always tell me she likes it
Brendan Cole
Speaking to the BBC radio DJ, Brendan spoke about what it’s like as a student instead of being the professional in the partnership.
Zoe asked the star: “How weird is it for you to not be the one teaching, you’re the one learning?”
“Difficult,” Brendan admitted.
He went on: “Difficult, but I love it, because it’s lovely to have somebody else take the lead and give you their expertise.
“These guys are amazing and I know what it’s like to be on the other side when you’re trying to give somebody your everything and they’re looking at you in a blank way going, ‘I don’t get it, this is not for me’,” he added.
Brendan is partnered with former DoI winner Vanessa, who won the 10th season of the show with actor Jake Quickenden.
Speaking about the partnership, Brendan said: “I want to give Vanessa my absolute 100 per cent.”
He went on to admit that Vanessa doesn’t always look happy when he “talks back” at her.
Brendan explained: “She doesn’t always like it when I ask questions about things, but she’s embracing that as well because she’s never had a partner, or so she tells me, that’s really had any talk back.
“She says she likes it, I’m not so sure, her stare doesn’t always tell me she likes it,” he joked.
He continued: “But we get on fantastically, there’s a lot of respect there and that’s the most important thing with any of these relationships like that.
“So it’s one of those things you’ve got to immerse yourself in,” he added.
Brendan starred as a professional dancer on Strictly for 15 years.
In 2018 he announced that he would be leaving the show.
The New Zealand native won the first ever series of the dancing programme in 2004 with his partner BBC newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky.
This year’s star-studded line-up sees a whole host of celebrities take to the ice in a bid to go home with the trophy.
Former Strictly professional Oti Mabuse joins the judging panel following John Barrowman’s exit earlier this year.
Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield return to the show as hosts, ready to welcome the famous faces onto the ice.
This Sunday sees six celebrities perform, with the remaining six taking to the ice next week ahead of the first elimination.
Dancing on Ice starts Sunday at 6.30pm on ITV.
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