Wales On Sunday

Celebs ready to Jump

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OLYMPIC gymnast Louis Smith has revealed his outfit on winter sports show The Jump makes him feel like a Power Ranger.

The 27-year-old will be joined by a host of fellow athletes and celebritie­s on the Channel 4 show, including Sir Bradley Wiggins, Jade Jones and Kadeena Cox.

In total 14 celebritie­s will battle it out in the six-week competitio­n following a gruelling training camp where the contestant­s have attempted to get to grips with their new outfits.

Comedian Mark Dolan said he fears the tight, colourful costumes may reveal his “beer belly”.

He added: “Until I did The Jump I thought I was a slim man – how wrong I was.

“These outfits make me look fat, I’ve got a beer belly I never knew I had.

“I’m well known for being long, slim and lanky, but I look positively fat in this outfit.

“Basically these outfits make you look like you’ve got a beer belly and no willy.”

Smith, who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2012, said the skin-tight outfits were “more snug” than he is used to for gymnastics.

He added: “It’s quite padded and thick, it feels like a safety suit.

“I feel a little bit like a Power Ranger.”

Ex-England footballer Robbie Fowlowler said he wanted to become “the first man in the history of the show to wear a baggy jump suit”.

He added: “I think this might actuctuall­y be the biggest thing I’m worried ried about. I’m worried about how tightt it’s going to be because I’m not as thin n as I once was. Hopefully it’ll be kindd to me.”

Model Emma Parker-Bowles, wles, whose aunt is the Duchess of Cornornwal­l, said she initially thought the outfits would leave her with “a camell toe on national TV”.

She added: “It’s not actually as tight as I thought. The material is thickercke­r than I expected, too.

“I was thinking about whether the guys might start stuffing things downown their suits.

“I think it’s worse for them, at least ast I can wear a bra and Spanx.”

Ex-rugby player Jason Robinson, son, who won the World Cup with England land in 2003, and former Welsh internarna­tional rugby player Gareth Thomasmas will also appear on the competitio­n.on.

They will be joined by television sion personalit­ies Spencer Matthews, Lydia Bright and Josie Gibson, Americanic­an model and businesswo­man Caprice Bourret, and Irish model Vogue Williams.

The Jump begins on Channel 4 on Sunday, February 5

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