Matthew Wolfenden has claimed that Louie Spence may be overly critical of him on Dancing On Ice, because he still bears a grudge against him.

The Emmerdale star is by far the best skater to date on the ITV show and has led the way on the judges’ leaderboard after his first two performances. However, last week Louie was hardly effusive with his praise and told the hunk:

This week was a mid tempo number but for me it just didn’t have that spark that you should have with every tempo. You set your own benchmark, so you need to live up to that.

Matthew has admitted that he has an inkling about why the Pineapple Dance Studios star is so hard on him and admitted that he once beat him to a dance role and thinks the camp star is still smarting from the slight.

He told The Daily Star:

“When I came out of dance school my first audition was for a part in Romeo And Juliet. Weirdly enough Louie was at the same audition.

“I ended up in the show and he didn’t. What’s even funnier is that Jason Gardiner was also there for an audition and I don’t think he got a part either.”

The actor laughed:

“It’s a good job he’s not still on the panel as well or I really would be in trouble.”

Matthew faces a difficult trial this weekend, as he and his partner Nina face an on ice duel with Hollyoaks star Jorgie Porter and her partner Matt Evers.

The four skaters will perform different routines, to the same music and the judges will grant one couple immunity from elimination.