WATCH: Gay Ex-Rugger Gareth Thomas Ice Skate Like an Angel

[Fearless]

Openly gay rugby god Gareth Thomas is a beautiful beast of a man.

He's such an athlete, in fact, that he decided to try his hand at figure skating in the celebrity reality TV show Dancing on Ice...

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It takes a lot of nerve to try something so different from what you know. I suppose it comes easier to someone who's had to do that for much of their life, but still good for him!

[idwiyo]

1. I doubt I could do what he is doing even if my life was at stake. :)

[SwissTony]

2. Loved his appearance on Ellen.

Brilliant rugby player, too.

Some years ago, the ABC in Australia showed a program in which 4 Aussie Rules (another tough sport) players did a week of ballet training and 4 male ballet dancers did a week of Aussie Rules training. One group found it easy, the other found it hard. I'll let you guess which.

Edited to add...the ballet/Aussie Rules comparison has nothing to do with LGBT. It was Gareth having to do a different form of traing and finding it hard.

[William769]

3. Myself, I am as graceful as a bull in a china store on ice skates.

More power to him!