{"id":28666,"date":"2023-01-15T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1768784"},"modified":"2023-01-15T15:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T14:25:25","slug":"dancing-on-ices-the-vivienne-reveals-advantage-of-skating-in-drag","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/dancing-on-ices-the-vivienne-reveals-advantage-of-skating-in-drag\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing on Ice\u2019s The Vivienne reveals advantage of skating in drag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 15 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne is swapping the heels for skates this year on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/dancing-on-ice-season-15-air-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Dancing on Ice<\/a>\u00a0and while she\u2019s already taken a few tumbles, it turns out being in drag comes in handy in the accident department.<\/p>\n<p>The Vivienne explained that skating in full drag has proved to be an advantage on the injury front, revealing that she doesn\u2019t \u201cfeel a thing\u201d due to the padding.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> in an exclusive interview, the drag queen \u2013 who is partnered up with professional Colin Grafton \u2013 said that she realised her hip pads provided protection after falling down in rehearsal.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6318562878112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p>\u201cMaybe one advantage is the hip pads because I\u2019ve got three inches of foam on either side of me. So I had a little fall and Colin was like, \u2018Oh my God, are you OK?\u2019 and I was like, \u2018I didn\u2019t feel a thing.'\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued: \u201cThat was great and I\u2019ve got a crash helmet on,\u201d pointing to her wig.<\/p>\n<p>However, The Vivienne added that skating in drag may not be without its difficulties on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s all good but until we start doing it in the live shows, this could be a huge hindrance. So maybe after Week 1, we\u2019re going to learn things and then maybe the hair needs to be small. It\u2019s all a learning curve.\u201d<\/p> <p>The Drag Race star will be making her skating debut this season alongside soap star Patsy Palmer, gymnast Nile Wilson, footballer John Fashanu and\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-winter-2023-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a> winner <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/ekin-su-culculoglu-dancing-on-ice-2023-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Ekin-Su Cu\u0308lcu\u0308log\u0306lu<\/a> (who recently revealed that her boyfriend <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/ekin-su-davide-dancing-on-ice-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Davide Sanclimenti wants to do the show next year<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dancing on Ice returns to ITV1 and ITVX at 6:30pm on Sunday 15th January 2023. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-safelink=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\"><strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren Morris Published: Sunday, 15 January 2023 at 12:00 am Drag Race UK winner The Vivienne is swapping the heels for skates this year on Dancing on Ice\u00a0and while she\u2019s already taken a few tumbles, it turns out being in drag comes in handy in the accident department. 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