Coronation Street's Faye Brookes suffered 'breakdowns' during reality show stint as she hails 'best decision ever made'

Faye Brookes had told how she suffered "breakdowns" during her appearance on Dancing on Ice. The former Coronation Street star was a runner-up in the ITV celebrity skating competition in the 2021 series, which took place with restrictions due to the pandemic.

Speaking on her new 'Not Fazed With Faye' podcast, she told former Strictly Come Dancing star Kevin Clifton: "I felt like I had to be this princess that I could do it all and I was perfect..."

Faye, who starred opposite Kevin in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom The Musical last year, continued: "No, no, no. Nobody saw the bruises, nobody saw the tears, the breakdowns that I had over that. It was quite lonely at times."

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The 36-year-old actress admitted it was tough having to "really abide by" the rules and regulations in place at the time to stop the spread of Covid.

Faye, who joined Corrie in 2015 and spent four years on the cobbles as Kate Connor, added: "I'm not saying it's lonely at the top, because I'm not at the top, but my Dancing On Ice was in lockdown so we were stuck with these rules and had to really abide by these rules, every week, every Sunday doing what we were told just so the show could go up."

It was while she was competing on Dancing On Ice, Faye was dating personal trainer Joe Davies after breaking up with fiance Gareth Gates in 2019. She said: "I really felt that at times I was so caught up in my head and I couldn't get out of my head. I needed my loved ones near me, just a support system, someone to talk to."

After breaking up with Joe in 2022, she