Hollyoaks’ Chelsee Healey supported over ‘enormous grief’ after miscarriage while on Dancing On Ice
Chelsee Healey has been flooded with support as she revealed the ‘enormous grief’ she has been carrying after suffering a miscarriage while taking part in Dancing On Ice.
The Hollyoaks star became the first celebrity to be voted off the 2025 series during week two of the ITV skating competition earlier in January. The 36-year-old and her professional skating partner Andy Buchanan ended up at the bottom of the leaderboard last weekend with a score of 22 from the judges after the first batch of contestants had performed.
After the second group of celebrities had performed, she found herself in the bottom two against comedian Josh Jones, who has since been forced out of the show through injury. As the judges’ scores and public vote for each dance across the two shows were combined, it was announced that Chelsee had the lowest score and would be leaving the competition.
Chelsee later shared a message to her followers in which she said she’d ‘had a lot to deal with’ and now she’s opened up further by confirming she suffered a miscarriage. The actess said that she feels “blessed” to already be a parent to daughters Coco, seven, and Cookie, one, but the “grief still feels enormous”.
Alongside a photo of her beside her two daughters, she wrote on Thursday (January 30): “TRIGGER WARNING. Sorry in advance if this is triggering for anyone but I hope it brings comfort for those that need it. I want to start by saying thank you to everyone of you for your support during DOI and especially my family, To ITV and my skate partner Andy.
Chelsee shared the devastating news with her fans
“I haven’t been able to talk about this until now, because it’s been too painful. I hope by sharing it now it can help other women going through something similar. Been so anxious to post. Whilst committed to DOI and the busy training schedule, to our shock we discovered that I was pregnant. Within weeks of finding out this news, before me and my family could allow this news to sink in and digest it, I suffered a miscarriage.
“Understandably this really did devastate me and hit me deeply, finding out this news and then having it taken in such a short proof of time is an awful lot to deal with. I know I am beyond blessed to have two beautiful daughters but the grief still feels enormous. I am grieving for the little soul I carried momentarily who I’ll never get to meet, the sibling that my girls will never get to have. The child that will forever leave my heart curious with the ‘what ifs’. And it is painful.”
Chelsee added: “I thought I could just carry on but anyone who knows me, knew I wasn’t right. Some feelings you can park, put in a box and move on. This hurts differently and I can’t just move on, not yet anyway. I think that my little baby deserves to be honoured by me allowing myself to feel all the emotions, all the sadness for what will not be. There is no shame in that.”
She concluded: “For any woman going through something similar. I am truly sorry for your loss and I hope you are allowed to express and feel your emotions. I hope you find your way through this. Our heavenly children deserve a place in our hearts. A gentle reminder that we never know what someone else is going through or how their pain maybe hurting them. To all of you, I am sending my love.”
Helen Flanagan was quick to respond to the post, writing: “So sorry Chelsee. Sending you so much love,” while Gemma Atkinson said: “No shame at all. Sending lots of love to you all.” Hollyoaks co-star Kirsty-Leigh Porter added: “Sending you so much love Chels, can’t wait to cuddle you. Thinking of you and your family.”
