Caprice Bourret has spoken out about her time on Dancing On Ice, which came to a dramatic end after she parted ways with skater Hamish Gaman on the show.
Neither Hamish or Caprice have directly addressed what prompted them to stop working together, but now the model has hit out at the show, accusing ITV of have having ‘no duty of care’.
The star was speaking in London at the book launch for Eat Your Way To A Six Pack by Scott Harrison.
The Sun quotes her saying: ‘There is no duty of care. In America, they have to have it or they get sued.
‘It’s just thinking about other people, it’s just common decency, I think, when it comes to these kind of destructive shows. We have to have a soul at some point for God’s sakes.
‘Thank God people are talking about it at the moment more, but it’s sad what had to happen for people to do that.’
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ITV said in a statement: ‘We take our duty of care very seriously. We have always been fully committed to ensuring that everyone involved on Dancing On Ice is fully supported.’
An insider added that the celebrity contestants ‘have access to a psychologist and are offered counselling’.
There is also a physio on-site and a GP.
Her spokesperson recently told Metro.co.uk that she has made her own arrangements for counselling sessions since being on the show.
They told us: ‘Caprice received very little support from ITV and had to seek external help of her own accord. She has been seeing a counselling psychologist as well as two doctors on an ongoing basis.
‘She has been deeply distressed by the occurrences that have happened over the last few months, and this has directly effected not only herself but her family.’
Hamish recently decided to sit out of a live show after confessing he felt ‘extremely vulnerable’, and that it had been ‘the worst three months of my life’.
He added in a statement shared to his Twitter page: ‘I desperately want to move on from all of this and focus on the skating. I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong, and was told by the team who reviewed all the rehearsal footage that I was an “exemplary pro”.
‘I can only hope that this will all be over soon.’
However Hamish returned last week, taking part in a group number inspired by popular films.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Caprice’s publicist and Dancing On Ice for comment.
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