Dancing On Ice pro Matt Evers CONFIRMS Jason Gardiner 'went behind ITV's back

Ice skating pro Matt Evers has confirmed that Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner took it upon himself to arrange the interviews he took part in last week in which he slammed Gemma Collins. 

Gemma's partner Matt explained that all Dancing On Ice press is organised via the ITV PR team, but that Jason's appearances were set up off his own back, externally.

Chatting on Heart radio, Matt addressed Jason's comments, which saw him brand Gemma 'a disgrace to humanity' among other equally nasty remarks.

'When it comes to Dancing On Ice, you have a choice to go through the ITV press office to release interviews and statements. It’s in house,' Matt said. 'On Thursday, the story came out that she was a disgrace to humanity.

'ITV came to us, as she was really upset by it, to say that it came from Jason himself. It sounds like [he has been selling stories on her].'

The judging panel, including Jason, told Gemma she didn't dance enough in her routine on Sunday, which Matt also responded to.

He said: 'There wasn’t a lot of content... we didn’t have a lot of rehearsal time with her this week. She respected that [but] word has it [Jason] sold some stories and she went for gold.'

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