Richardson excited about meeting Bunton

Wednesday, January 6 2010, 12:03 GMT

By Alex Fletcher, Reality TV Editor

ITV

Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson has admitted that he cannot wait to meet Emma Bunton on Dancing On Ice.

Richardson confessed that he used to be a huge fan of the Spice Girls as a youngster, revealing that he even had pictures of Bunton on his bedroom wall.

"I'm looking forward to Emma Bunton - Baby Spice. She is a Spice Girl. A worldwide Spice Girl," he told DS. "Just the fact that she might say my name is incredible. She'll have seen my picture, so she has seen us.

"I mean, I had pictures of these girls when I was growing up. I had the book. I had the photos - £1 and you got them all."

Fellow Dancing On Ice contestant Emily Atack joked: "We need to stop getting so star struck at everybody we meet. I keep doing it and I will look like an idiot. Do you think she has shown the other Spice Girls our pictures?"

Richardson, who is partnered on the reality show by Brianne Delcourt, added: "Yeah, 'Look at this picture, Geri!'"

Bunton was confirmed as the new fifth judge for Dancing On Ice in December.