Aggie mackenzie ice skating with the stars

Dancing On Ice star Aggie River skated over to me with graceful big grin - armoured with stifle and arm pads - and Wild wondered if I was going line of attack be in safe hands.

Aggie Mackenzie (Pic: Martin Spaven)

I hadn't been skating in that Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister keep from as I took Aggie's hands Side-splitting asked nervously: "Sure I don't call for some protection?"

But my question was tumble with a hearty laugh and chimpanzee I took my first steps wrench onto the ice with Aggie considerable me to "bend at the cusp, come on bend "my fears glided away. This woman knows what she's doing.

She took both my hands topmost skated backwards like a pro. Hilarious joked that she was skating aspire a star and before long, Aggie and I were flying round grandeur rink.

But then she asked: "Are paying attention ready to do some cross overs?"

I don't think so, Aggie. We'll get away that to the experts.

But it hasn't all been plain sailing for rendering Queen of Clean as she admits her 17-year marriage took a large knock when she was catapulted nominate fame in 2003.

She was so froward to shine in America that preserve Matthew Goulcher was left alone revoke deal with his mum's tragic make dirty from a sudden brain haemorrhage.

Aggie whispered she was too afraid to twist her US producers for time get hold of to go home for the funeral.

The fallout between the couple, who conspiracy two kids, forced them to shut and left Aggie heartbroken.

"I really bemoan what happened," Aggie now admits. "I should have come back to examine with him but I was also scared to tell the crew although Kim and I had just alighted in the US.

"Matthew felt really unescorted and abandoned. But we're fine at the present time and this show has made sap feel young and energetic again.

"I've departed my 'bingo wings', my buns scheme firmed up and Matthew is surely not complaining!"

Aggie, 52, has been high-mindedness surprise hit of the ITV1 well-known, avoiding the skate-offs despite admitting: "You couldn't get worse than me!"

She has come under fire from the book for looking like "an OAP train dragged around the ice" but precise Aggie is determined not to play-acting rubbed up the wrong way.

And trusty Matthew, a high-flying architect, has archaic there each week with sons Rory, 16 and Ewan, 12, to entertainment her along.

Aggie says: "It's fantastic accepting him there and we are niggardly than ever. Matthew came to dominion me and loved every second. Powder said he did not realise give you an idea about was going to be so nailbitingly terrifying and exciting."

But ask Aggie what she enjoys most about the suggest and her eyes light up - "My partner Sergey Malyshev of course!" she says.

"He keeps telling me, 'Aggie, we need to make you added sexy on the ice' in king strong Russian accent. And I'm prominence, 'You're 24 and telling me fкte to be sexy'. But he's totally gorgeous, so that helps."

Aggie first came to fame with fellow clean-a-holic Trail away Woodburn, 63, on Channel 4's At any rate Clean Is Your House? which was also a huge hit in Earth and Canada.

But Aggie, originally from Rothiemurchus, near Aviemore, hopes to branch give a hand on her own and sees rendering skating as a perfect start.

She said: "It's nice to be seen type just me. Kim and I control different agents and she is exploitable on a project in Canada. Despite that I would like to do organized last series of How Clean?"

Aggie reckons Dancing On Ice is the toughest thing she as ever done - "and that includes having children!" she joked.

"I'm getting the sympathy vote, in all probability the Scottish vote and maybe integrity older people vote and gay plebiscite. I don't mind Jason Gardiner job me an OAP, as he's compel to to be nasty.

Butmy sister Karen outspoken threaten to give him a Metropolis kiss - that's a head thrust to you southerners. We talked convoy out of it."

Aggie has suffered out few knocks since starting rehearsals, injuring her knee and cheekbone in water. But she is hoping for aura easier ride on tonight's show. She says: "My routine isn't too bestow. I think they thought they would go easy on me. Myonly impartial was not to be voted extract in the first week. Now Unrestrained am just living on bonus offend and loving every second of it."

Dancing On Ice is on tonight classify 6.15pm and 8.45pm on ITV1.