ANTON Ferdinand has shrugged off backlash from trolls who are targeting him on Dancing on Ice.
The former footballer, 39, has faced criticism for still being in the competition after former fan favourites were sent home.
Charlie Brooks left the competiton at the end of Sunday night’s show[/caption]
Novice skater Anton finished in second place on the leaderboard on Sunday night in joint place with The Traitors star Mollie King, just behind Towie’s Dan Edgar.
It led to vicious tweets on X, with one viewer saying: “Can we just skip the skate off? The judges already know exactly who they’re sending home. Anton could fall on his a**e through the ice and they’d still save him.”
Another added: “Are the judges blind? They voted the best skaters out. Anton was like a wooden plank on the ice same as last week.”
Despite fears he’s been struggling behind the scenes, Anton’s rep insisted: “He is focused on the Dancing on Ice journey, he’s loved every minute.
“The comments aren’t fazing him, he’s faced much worse over the years during playing in the Premier League.”
Anton went up against Charlie during last night’s skate-off.
After both performing their routine again, it was down to the judging panel – Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Oti Mabuse and Ashley Banjo – to have their say on who should be going home next.
Ashley, Oti and Jayne opted to eliminate Charlie meaning that no vote from Chris was required.
As this week’s head judge, he had the responsibility of making the casting vote and although it was not required, he insisted that he would have voted to axe Charlie as well.
Alongside Charlie, Chelsee Healey, Josh Jones, Ferne McCann, Steve Redgrave and Chris Taylor have all left the competition so far.
