{"id":131359,"date":"2023-09-30T17:11:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T17:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131359"},"modified":"2023-09-30T17:11:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T17:11:31","slug":"dancing-on-ice-signs-former-coronation-street-star-after-his-brother-performs-in-rival-show-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/tv-and-movies\/dancing-on-ice-signs-former-coronation-street-star-after-his-brother-performs-in-rival-show-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing on Ice signs former Coronation Street star after his brother performs in rival show | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
DANCING On Ice has signed up ex soap star Ryan Thomas, the Sun on Sunday can reveal.<\/p>\n
Former Coronation Street favourite Ryan, 39, is \u00a0preparing to start training for the ITV show which airs in January.<\/p>\n
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A telly source said: \u201cBosses are hugely excited to sign Ryan as he\u2019ll bring with him an army<\/span> of soap fans and celeb mates who\u2019ll dutifully want to tune in and see how he fares on the ice.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has a big personality so will make a cracking reality TV. Ryan is looking forward to the challenge<\/span> of doing something different.\u201d<\/p>\n Ryan, who is engaged to Towie\u2019s Lucy Mecklenburgh, 32, left his role as Jason Grimshaw on the cobbles in 2016. <\/p>\n His younger brother Adam, 35, is currently competing on BBC1\u2019s Strictly Come Dancing.<\/p>\nREAD MORE ON DANCING ON ICE<\/h2>\n