Vanessa Bauer FINALLY speaks out over Megan Barton-Hanson row

Megan wasn't happy with Vanessa earlier this year

Author: Alex RossPublished 27th Feb 2019
Last updated 27th Feb 2019

It's been a dramatic few months in the land of Dancing On Ice to say the least. As well as THAT Gemma Collins fall, contestant Wes Nelson split from his girlfriend, Love Island's Megan Barton-Hanson, then she verbally attacked Wes' skating partner Vanessa Bauer on Instagram.

Now, as the final of Dancing On Ice is gearing closer, Vanessa has finally spoken out about her public spat with Megan, admitting it really upset her.

In case you've been living under a rock for the last few weeks, let us remind you of all the drama....

It all started when Megan got a little jealous of Wes and Vanessa spending so much time together in training, with the Love Island star taking to her Instagram Story to lay into the skater.

After Vanessa split from her boyfriend, Megan wrote, ''@vanessabauer_skates love that you decide to announce your breakup with your boyfriend on the night of your 1st performance with my boyfriend!'

She continued, 'You've never reached out to me once or invited me to watch you train, it pained you to introduce yourself to me last night you didn't even look me in the eye LOL hope the tactical breakup got you the headlines you wanted babe @wes.nelson'. sic

Now, weeks after, Vanessa has opened up to Now magazine, admitting she found all the drama very hard to deal with.

She said, “It’s something I’ve tried to keep away from and not comment on. But of course it affects me. I read comments and I get DMs on Instagram which are really not nice, it was really hard to deal with but it’s not my job to comment on that.”

And now that Wes and Megan have ended their romance, rumours of a potential relationship between herself and the reality star are heating up every day.

Speaking about the rumours, Vanessa said, “Every single day I’m looking for choreography ideas and how to schedule my training and all anyone is talking about is if I’m getting with Wes, which I’m not.

“I don’t know why it’s so much more of a topic than us being at the top of the leader board."

Series Two: Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde

Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde are the only Love Island winners to have remained together.


Despite splitting for a number of months in 2017, the couple rekindled their romance when Cara discovered she was expecting the couple's first child.

Series Two: Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde

The couple later welcomed a baby boy called Freddie in December 2016.


Sharing the happy news on social media, Nathan wrote, 'The day has finally come !!!! Myself and @cara_delahoyde have become parents to our beautiful baby boy !!! Massive hats off to Cara Who delivered our boy safely !!!!! #thenextchapter 💙👶🏼sic


In July 2018, Cara and Nathan announced they are now engaged with Nathan popping the question in the villa they first met.

Series Two: Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen

It took her a while, but Olivia Buckland finally found her man during Love Island season two.


After leaving the villa together when they finished in second place behind Cara and Nathan, the couple haven't looked back!

Series Two: Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen

Just a few months after leaving the villa, Alex popped the question to Olivia during a romantic trip to New York.


The couple married in a luxury ceremony in 2018, with parts of their wedding being shown on their very own TV show.

Series Three: Dom Lever and Jess Shears

Despite the public thinking their relationship was just a 'joke', Jess Shears and Dom Lever have defied the odds and are one of the two couples still together from their series.


Despite all of the drama with Jess and 'Muggy Mike', Dom proposed to his girlfriend in September 2016.

Series Three: Dom Lever and Jess Shears

The couple have cashed in on promotional shoots together, appearances, and even got 'married' on Good Morning Britain on Valentine's Day.


Despite the 'fake wedding', Jess and Dom then tied the knot for real in 2018, when they married at a private ceremony on the Greek island of Mykonos. In October 2019, they welcomed a child together.

Series Three: Jamie Jewitt and Camilla Thurlow

The nation fell in love with Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend Camilla Thurlow in 2017. And, after she had her heart broken by a number of different men in the villa, model Jamie Jewitt arrived and swept Camilla off her feet.


After enjoying time together outside of the show and meeting each other's families, the couple are living happily ever after.

Series Three: Jamie Jewitt and Camilla Thurlow

The loved up couple have since traveled the world together on charity missions... can they get any better?

Series Four: Tommy Fury and Molly May Hague

The king and queen of Love Island 2019 are still loved up. While Molly Mae is living it up as a brand ambassador for PrettyLittleThing, Tommy's days are filled with training as well as being a brand ambassador for Boohoo Man.

Wes and Vanessa are now favourites to win this year's series of Dancing On Ice, after they picked up two scores of 10 on Sunday night's show.

This Sunday will see Wes compete against Brian McFadden, James Jordan and Saara Aalto in the Semi-Final.

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