We just love how forthright Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner is. Instead of denying all knowledge of an affair between coaches Christopher Dean and Karen Barber, Gardiner has just poured some fuel on the fire.

Rumours emerged last week that former olympic champion Chris had left his wife and was now seeing married Dancing On Ice judge and coach Karen Barber.

When asked about reports that Barber was pictured leaving Chris’s apartment on five occasions last week, Gardiner told The Sun:

“There is no smoke without fire, is there?”

“That little minx! Her husband’s a coach on the show. I’d heard talk but I couldn’t say either way.

“All I know is that she is very much there for Torvill and Dean, probably above and beyond what you’d consider normal.

“Maybe she is just in awe of them.

“If it’s true, the implications are unbelievable. But the skating world is very bizarre.”