Jason Gardiner is campaigning for resident diva Gemma Collins to be punished for her meltdown on the live show on Sunday night
They’re rows have kept fans enthralled since Dancing on Ice first aired earlier this month, but last week’s on-air spat was uncomfortable viewing.
After Jason gave her the lowest score of the season, claiming Gemma was “all over the place” and needed to “up the ante because we’re not going to see big lifts from you and we’re not going to get any impressive moves”, (ouch!), Gemma retaliated by crossing some unspoken boundaries and outing the judge for speaking with the press.
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1 of 12Think you can remember all the winners of Dancing On Ice? Let's see...
2 of 12Gaynor Faye, 2006
Emmerdale actress Gaynor Faye won the first ever series of Dancing On Ice alongside her professional ice skating partner Daniel Whiston, under the watchful eye of judges Robin Cousins, Karen Barber, Nicky Slater, Jason Gardiner and Karen Kresge.
3 of 12Kyran Bracken, 2007
Rugby player Kyran Bracken won the show - and the hearts of viewers - in the second series. Beating Clare Buckfield in the final showdown, Kyran won with his professional partner Melanie Lambert.
4 of 12Suzanne Shaw, 2008
Hear'Say singer Suzanne Shaw won the 2008 series with professional ice skater Matt Evers. Both of their final performances scored a perfect 30/30, which was the first time that had happened on the show, beating runner-up Chris Fountain.
5 of 12Ray Quinn, 2009
The X Factor star-turned-Broadway star Ray Quinn won the show in 2009 alongside his professional partner Maria Filippov. The couple beat out journalist Donal MacIntyre and his partner Florentine Houdinière with their final performance. He also won the returners' series in 2014.
6 of 12Hayley Tamaddon, 2010
7 of 12Sam Attwater, 2011
EastEnders' actor Sam Attwater won the coveted prize of first place in 2011 wth his partner Brianne Delcourt, beating TV presenter Laura Hamilton. The pair also returned for the 2014 series, but finished fourth.
8 of 12Matthew Wolfenden, 2012
Emmerdale actor Matthew Wolfenden won the 2012 series with his professional ice skating partner Nina Ulanova, beating fellow soap star Jorgie Porter to the top. This was also the year that Louie Spence joined the judging panel, if you remember...
9 of 12Beth Tweddle, 2013
Olympic champion gymnast Beth Tweddle won the 2013 series alongside her partner Daniel Whiston in his THIRD win on the show. She beat out EastEnders actor Matt Lapinskas and his partner Brianne Delcourt, and came third in the 2014 returners' series with Łukasz Różycki.
10 of 12Jake Quickenden, 2018
The X Factor and I'm A Celeb! runner-up Jake Quickenden finally won a reality show when he took part in Dancing On Ice in 2018 with his professional partner Vanessa Bauer, beating Coronation Street's Brooke Vincent - and she was NOT happy.
11 of 12James Jordan, 2019
James Jordan and Alexandra Schauman won 2019's trophy despite some fierce competition from Love Island's Wes Nelson and his partner, last year's winning professional Vanessa Bauer.Judges called their rendition of the famous Bolero "the best the show had ever seen" despite the first dance of the final failing to top the leader board. Early on in the 2019 competition, James was criticized for having an unfair advantage over the other contestants because of his extensive dancing experience.
12 of 12Joe Swash, 2020
Joe Swash and Alex Murphy took home the 2020 trophy, despite Diversity's Peri Kiely being the bookies favourite since the beginning of the competition.However, it wasn't all plain sailing for Joe throughout the competition. Not only did he find himself at the bottom of the leaderboard in week three and have an ear infection, he also had to swap professional dance partners after Alexandra Schauman fell and injured herself during rehearsals, forcing her to drop out of the show.
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“Can I just say one thing? Maybe if you didn’t sell stories on me, maybe I wouldn’t have been so upset this week,” she said.
"So take that. Move on. Boring. Next. Don’t sell stories on me. Don’t sell stories on me. Please don’t sell stories on me."
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And now, red-faced Jason has reportedly furious at Gemma for talking back to him.
“Gemma was furious backstage — but so was Jason. They’re both very strong-minded so there was no chance either of them would back down after the show,” a source told The Sun.
“Behind the scenes the atmosphere is even more toxic now. Two of the most prominent people on the show are at war.”
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom said it had received more than 80 complaints about Sunday’s row.
And fellow contestant Saira Khan, who is skating with Mark Hanretty, said that the incident left her children ‘distressed’.
“Just my own personal perspective, I had children there yesterday, with lots of other children in the audience and then to have an outburst like that on live TV – I have to say, my children were actually quite upset and a little bit distressed,” she told her fellow Loose Women panelists.
“We don't need to show our youngsters that kind of thing. If you've got children in a live audience and they're witnessing that, that kind of condones that behaviour."
Closer Online has contacted Jason's representatives for comment.