Five-hour job hard to Bear

STEPHEN Bear drove his girlfriend Charlotte Crosby to tears while filming their new show.

The MTV series sees contestants letting pals choose a tattoo for them – and they can’t look until it’s done.

Gobby Bear picked one for Charlotte that took five hours to do and she hated every second.

She said: “I let Bear choose one for me and it was awful. The whole thing was a scary experience. I even had anxiety before I went in. “And I hated not being in control of what was about to happen. It was probably the worst day of my life.

“It went on for five hours. There was a lot of anger and crying.” There were also tears and tantrums from the contestants.

Bear said: “Some of the tattoos were so bad people were storming off. We had others who were crying.

“I think they do it to get a free tattoo, but they also get to be on the best show in the universe.” Charlotte added: “One girl got ‘slut’ tattooed on her bum. The friend wanted to teach her a lesson and get her to have more respect for herself. “There’s plenty of others just as shocking. The funny thing was the worst tattoo we had didn’t get that bad a reaction.”

It starts tomorrow at 10pm on MTV. PRO dancer Joanne Clifton says she won’t mind if producers pair her with a dud dancer for the next series.

She waltzed to victory with Ore Oduba last year and has won the Christmas special in the past.

Jo said: “It doesn’t matter who you’re with. And you never know how they’re going to be until you start training.

“The most important thing is you get a great friendship and try the best that you can. Any improvement they make brings you real satisfaction.”

Strictly is back in September with Frank Lampard expected to be in the line-up.