Overview

• In his It Takes Two interview, the former Apprentice contestant said he “wasn’t good enough” and accepted he finished near the bottom of the leaderboard.
• Partner Amy Dowden praised his work ethic and progress as a complete beginner and said the experience rekindled her confidence.
• The pair’s salsa to Bonkers drew sharp criticism, with Craig Revel Horwood giving a score of two and likening it to “a weightlifting competition in Skegness.”
• Skinner ended the weekend with a combined total of 29 from the first two weeks, placing him in the bottom two against Chris Robshaw and Nadiya Bychkova.
• His short run followed weeks of scrutiny over his casting and conduct, including a press-event phone incident and an admission of cheating on his wife.