Before her appearance on Dancing on Ice, Chloe Madeley was known to us for all the wrong reasons (drink-driving and smoking some naughty stuff!). But parents Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are proud to say that because of the show she has managed to show people her “sweet” side and move away from being a “wild child.”
“Going on Dancing on Ice was the best thing Chloe could ever have done. Not only has she become an amazing skater, she has lost her wild child tag,” said Richard to The Mirror. “She's a lovable and bright girl, but she got into the headlines for drink-driving and smoking a bong. We took both of these very seriously. Chloe could've killed herself or someone else.”
Sometimes nice and good people do silly things, especially when they’re young and their parents are in the public eye – it’s all part of growing up! The presenter was keen to point out that his daughter was neither a sinner or saint, “Chloe is about as far from Peaches Geldof as the Pope, and we've seen the real her on Dancing on Ice. I had 10,000 tweets when she was on air. They all said how they were prepared for Chloe to be a spoiled brat but they remarked about how sweet she was.” We must confess – she certainly won us over.
But come on Daddy Madeley, tell us what we want to know…What about Chloe’s romance with Sam Attwater? “I don't know much about it, and it's not up to us to talk about Chloe's love life.” Spoil sport… Although he than did add, “We saw Sam a lot during the competition and he's a nice guy.”