Megan Barton Hanson says 'Wes Nelson’s Dancing on Ice partner is disrespectful and I hate watching their romantic routines'

The heartbroken model, 24, was livid when Dancing on Ice skater Vanessa Bauer announced she’d split from her boyfriend on the eve of her first performance with Wes, 20.

Megan felt she had no choice but to unleash her anger in an Instagram post the next day, accusing Vanessa of doing it for publicity.

And now in an exclusive interview with The Sun, Megan reveals she is determined to confront her rival at the show’s studios this weekend — and insists she has no regrets about her scathing social media post.

She said: “It’s funny or a coincidence that Vanessa’s break-up came out the night they performed, she clearly wanted to get more hype around their performance. She knows the score; she did the show last year. She’s 22-years-old.

"She knows questions are going to be asked about her and Wes and me being worried about them spending time together.

“Every woman will tell you it’s not ideal to have your boyfriend spending 12 hours a day with another woman – a little introduction from Vanessa would have gone a long way.

“Dancing on Ice is very romantic and all about looking into each other’s eyes and parading around on the ice and being loved up together – it’s not easy to watch.

"Wes is my main priority, I love him. I am so passionate about him but it is going to be difficult now.

“I want to back him, but I don’t want to feel awkward.”

In a now-deleted rant on Instagram, Megan pointed the finger at Vanessa for growing close to Wes while rehearsing behind the scenes — and said the skater couldn’t even look her in the eye as they met for the first time on Sunday.

But while Megan admits she was furious when she posted the revealing Instagram story, she still doesn’t regret expressing her feelings.

She said: “I’m not going to backtrack. I was riled up, I let my passion and anger get the better of me but there’s no manual.

“I don’t want to be a possessive girlfriend. I want her to reach out to me. I’ve had no communication with her for the past three months. I’m not jealous; it is just a lack of respect. I was pushed over the edge.

“It has always been a trait of mine to be brutally honest. I’m only human and there’s only so much I can put up with when I’ve sat there and supported them but I get picked apart. I can’t win. It wasn’t professional or classy but I am only human."

With Wes and Vanessa expected to progress to the hit ITV show’s latter stages, Megan accepts she now faces an uncomfortable few weeks ahead watching the pair in action with the public, and judges, questioning whether something is going on between the two skaters.

And she’s still fuming Vanessa made no effort to introduce herself until after their first live dance, which Megan described as “icy” and “forced.”

She explained: “Girl to girl, if you’re spending that much time with someone’s boyfriend you would reach out to them and say ‘hi,’ you would introduce yourself.

“But never once, even last week when I said good luck to them both on Instagram she didn’t message me. She’s never message me. When we finally met on Sunday night it was very quick and awkward – it felt forced.”

Vanessa hit back at Megan’s Instagram post by sharing an image of her on the ice while drawing reference to “women empowerment” and being a “strong woman.”

But Megan doubts Vanessa’s words are genuine after being made to feel invisible by the skater during weeks of her training with Wes.

She said: “She claims to be a strong woman and that she empowers women but she’s shown me zero respect.

“If you’re going to preach empowerment then surely she would have held the olive branch out and introduce herself to me instead of pretending that I don’t exist?”

Megan’s suspicions surrounding Vanessa’s infatuation with Wes grew further when she discovered the dancer had a good relationship with the then girlfriend of her last celebrity partner, X Factor singer Jake Quickenden.

She said: “In the past Vanessa has been there and made friends with Jake’s ex-fiancé Danielle.

"They were a team and worked together while Jake was on the show but she hasn't acted in the same way towards me."

Despite uncertain times ahead, Megan insists she will do everything in her power to maintain her relationship with Wes, who she met on ITV2 show Love Island last summer.

She said: “Wes and I have never been stronger. He gets me. He’s got my back. But it isn’t easy for either of us.

“ We were on Love Island and spent the first few weeks of our relationship in this bubble together, not paying bills or having to be adults, everything is done for you in this sanctuary and then you come out and it’s so hard to make it work.”

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