DANCING On Ice contender Stef Reid revealed she took part in the show because her husband encouraged her to – despite being paralysed in a skating accident himself.
The Paralympian’s husband Brent Lakatos, was just six when he fell over playing ice hockey, which caused a blood clot to form on his spine, leaving him paralysed.
But the accident hasn’t stopped Stef, 37, from taking on the daunting challenge with the support of Andy.
Revealing how he reacted when she told him the news, Stef told The Mirror: “He did kind of roll his eyes and say, ‘Stefanie, you’re nuts’, but he kind of thought that anyway.
“‘But that’s also why I fell in love with you because you’re ridiculous and think you can do anything – good on you, go for it’.”
Stef, who is competiting in the skating completion with Andy Buchanan, lost her foot in a boating accident 22 years ago.
She was 15 when she suffered the catastrophic accident on a family holiday in Canada.
While playing in a lake she was thrown from an inflatable ring and then struck by a motor boat’s propeller, which cut into her back and right leg.
Medics could not save her foot, which had to be amputated.
Stef says she has struggled for years with body confidence, but Dancing On Ice isn’t just bringing out her sexier side — it’s getting her husband of 14 years, fellow Paralympian Brent hot under the collar too.
He has cheekily asked her to bring her costumes home to spice things up in the bedroom, and she said: “He’s loved it.
Talking to The Celeb Report, she continued: “He did tell me to hang on to the blonde wig after I skated as Baby from Dirty Dancing. I said, ‘I’m sorry, babe, I can’t’.
“But I always Zoom him before, send him a photo of me in my outfit, like, ‘hey, check me out’, and his response is always, ‘you look stunning. But I still prefer you without make-up’. How sweet is he?”
