Heather Mills was the fifth competitor to hang up her skates but praised her ice-skating experience saying it was “the nearest thing to flying.”
The former model, who lost her leg after a being hit by a motorcycle in 1993 and has had to use a prosthetic leg ever since, was so relieved to make it through the first week and felt every week following was simply a bonus.
Having been saved by the public for the first four weeks, Heather’s luck ran out and she was forced to skate for survival in the skate-off alongside Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson.
Dressed in a spangly cat suit, the 42-year-old certainly looked the part as she took to the ice with partner Matt Evers and skated for survival to a programme which contained an upside down pike, a tick-tock lift into a tuck and the pairs spin to Aretha Franklin classic Chain Of Fools.
Speaking to Phillip Schofield immediately after the skate-off, Heather said: "I just love it. I can’t believe I’m still here.
She then generously added: “Kieron is amazing and should totally stay in as he’s the better skater.”
In the end, the Ice Panel agreed with Heather, voting 4-1 in favour to keep Kieron in the competition.
Heather’s original motivation for joining the show was to inspire other amputees and, after hearing of the judge’s decision she said: “I’m so excited that all the kids who’ve written in who’ve lost limbs are now going out trying to skate. Even if you’ve got two left feet get out there, it’s so much fun."
She then added “It’s the nearest thing to flying.”
After the show, Heather reflected on her Dancing on Ice experience: “I feel sad that we are not going to skate together for a little while. I’m just so amazed that Matt got me to this point.
“The one thing I am not going to miss is the injuries and I am going to really look forward to sleeping for seven hours.”
Partner Matt Evers was blown away by the determination of his partner: “As any human being, you just try to inspire one person in your life.
“What Heather has gone through in the past few weeks, we have been inundated, and the response has been incredible. People who have other disabilities have watched her journey through this and said ‘hey, if she can do this, anyone can’.”
He added: “This has been the greatest challenge of my life.”
Last updated: 09 February 2010, 17:06 GMT
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