Rufus Hound confirmed for Dancing On Ice 2021 admitting ‘I’m doing it for the money’
RUFUS Hound has confirmed his place on Dancing On Ice 2021 and insisted it's all for the money.
The Sun exclusively revealed the comedian, 41, would be taking to the ice - and today he officially announced to Martin and Roman Kemp’s Sunday Best that he has signed up.
Rufus completes the impressive 12 celeb line-up that will compete against each other in January.
He said: "I’m doing it for the money. I don’t know if you’ve heard but about six months ago this global pandemic hit and made just about everything I’ve ever done to earn a pound note disappear.
"And so this point has arrived and they said 'we’ll pay you' and I said 'do you know something? I love ice skating.'”
"Training starts in a couple of weeks. I’ve spent the last twenty years in the pub mainly."
Yesterday Rufus announced that he split from his wife of 13 years in April.
He had been married to Beth Johnson since 2007 and they share two children.
Taking to Twitter, Rufus wrote: "In April, Beth and I made the sad decision to end our marriage.
"We will always have much love and respect for each other.
"Even though we are separated we will always remain best friends and, as always, our family will remain our number one priority."
The pair married in Vegas's Little White Wedding Chapel just four months after they first met in 2007, at Reading Festival.
The sad news came shortly after we revealed Rufus had signed up to Dancing On Ice.
A TV insider said at the time: "Dancing On Ice are putting together one of their most eclectic line-ups ever and bosses are delighted to have got Rufus and Lady Leshurr onboard.
"Neither of them are going to play it safe - on the show or on the ice. The next series is certainly not going to be light on entertainment."
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Rufus is a comedian and actor who has starred in an array of stage productions including Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Boy In The Dress and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
He has also appeared in many comedy shows such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Celebrity Juice, where he was a regular panellist.
Needless to say, the comic is sure to provide plenty of hilarious moments on the ice and will no doubt have witty comebacks lined up for the judging panel.