Dancing On Ice’s Joe Swash jokes the ‘last thing’ he wants to see is Stacey Solomon ‘naked’

He’s reached the final of Dancing On Ice and will battle it out with Perri Kiely and Libby Clegg for the coveted trophy on Sunday.

And amid his months of ‘intense’ training for the ITV show, Joe Swash has joked that the ‘last thing’ he wants to see is girlfriend Stacey Solomon ‘naked’.

Speaking to The Mirror ahead of the big show this weekend, the star, 38, explained that between juggling their kids and his gruelling rehearsals, their sex life has taken somewhat of a backseat.

However, he insists that he ‘misses’ the Loose Women favourite, 30, and states that once the show is over, ‘we can look at each other naked’. 

Since joining the show, the former EastEnders star has gone from strength to strength, and along with professional partner Alex Murphy, has warded off the competition to make it to the top three. 

But that has come at a cost as he admitted that he hasn’t seen much of his partner or their 10-month-old son Rex, as well as their other children from previous relationships.

‘We haven’t seen much of each other, this has been such an intense thing to do’, he explained to the publication.

Discussing how much the series has impacted his love life, he continued: ‘The last thing I want to do, and the last thing she wants to do, because she has the kids, is to look at each other naked.

‘When this finishes, we can look at each other naked. I really do miss her and the little baby, little Rexy.’

Joe also told how he feels ‘parent guilt’ for not seeing his adorable tot Rex as much as he would like since he started the show. 

However, the star can seek comfort in his fellow finalists, with whom he’s formed a close friendship with during his time on the show. 

But it seems that Joe and finalist Libby are more close that they thought as Joe revealed that he’s seen the Paralympian getting a spray tan in her underwear.

He told how he occasionally goes into the spray room and will ‘pretend’ not to see her in her smalls.

Libby joked that she’s ‘not bothered’ about Joe being present as she joked that she just wants her tan as soon as possible, adding that standing in her ‘thong’  is the most ‘unattractive thing ever’.

Meanwhile, Joe was taken to hospital for the second time on Friday after suffering an ear injury earlier this week when he was kicked in the head with an ice skate.

The TV presenter went for an update on his wound but ended up having the ‘goo’ drained again after it had built up over the past few days.

Joe underwent a surgery just a few days ago to drain his ear injury after it became infected and went to get it checked out ahead of rehearsals.

However rather than having his huge bandage removed as he had hoped during his follow up appointment, he instead had to have another procedure.

Speaking on his Instagram Story, Joe said: ‘I went to the hospital and my ear swelled up again and they had to drain it, which was honestly the worst feeling in the world.

‘But the worst feeling in the world is that I think the bandage has actually got bigger.’

During a live link appearance on This Morning, he said: ‘They had to drain it again – it keeps filling up with liquid. It’s too early, it’s not very nice.

‘But the good thing is he’s going to let me take it off for Sunday. I did hear people going: ‘Can get purple bandages?’ I was like: ‘No way.”