“Dancing on Ice” star Colin Grafton on skating with The Vivienne, his workout routine & his foray into modeling
A post shared by Colin Grafton (@colin_grafton)Colin Grafton remembers what it’s like to feel small. As a young figure skater, Grafton would anxiously wait for the hockey players to show up, dreading their taunts from behind the boards.“I remember feeling so nervous at various points in my childhood.
You know, I’d be skating and the hockey players would come and bang on the side of the rink and shout words,” he told Pink News.Far from the only male figure skater to face discrimination, Grafton eventually used the broadsides as motivation.
They say success is the best revenge, and he was determined to be the best. Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.“That would shut them up,” he thought.
And guess what? It did!“It wasn’t easy but all of it made me stronger because I took it and focused everything on my sport,” he said.
