Greg Rutherford says wife has one request for raunchy Dancing on Ice routines

17 February 2024 , 21:48

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Greg Rutherford and Vanessa James (Image: Kieron McCarron/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Dancing On Ice’s Greg Rutherford has been told to reveal his raunchy side… by his fiancee.

Some contestants on the ITV show worry about getting a bit too close to their pro skating partners. But Olympian Greg says his partner, former dancer Susie Verrill, actively encourages him to sex things up.

Susie has been coaching the Olympic long jump champion through his moves ahead of each routine with his skating partner Vanessa James. And after he was asked by the panel to improve his facial expressions, Greg admitted Susie had already told him that he looks “like he wants to murder somebody” when he is performing.

Greg Rutherford and wife Susie Verrill (Getty Images Europe)

As a dancer, Greg says his wife Susie understands (Kieron McCarron/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

In an exclusive interview, Greg, 37, said: “The great thing about Susie is that because she used to be a dancer, she gets it, and she helps when I’m home – trying to explain how it should look. She’s always telling me to try to make the routines as sexy as possible.

“Some partners are watching, thinking, ‘I don’t know about that,’ but she’s like, ‘Make it look way sexier than you are’. She’s very good like that, and she definitely helps the performance side of things. Sometimes when I think I’m selling something, I’m really not.

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“She’s said to me before, ‘You just look like you want to murder someone… your concentrated face is that strong’. So I’ve been trying very hard not to have that face.” Greg added: “So far, I think I’m doing OK – I look like I might want to just maim someone… something that wouldn’t have a long prison sentence.”

Tonight, Vanessa and Greg, who hurt his groin during the week, will dance the title track to The Greatest Showman as his family watches from the audience. And while Greg, who won Olympic gold for the Long Jump at London 2012, hopes for praise from the panel, there is one judge he is really scared of – his three-year-old daughter, Daphne.

Greg said: “She’s been watching from home and scoring but she is absolutely brutal. She is the harshest ice skating critic ever
– she has given me a score of two before. I want to introduce her to Torvill and Dean after the show tonight.”

Laura Armstrong