Jon Clark was rushed to hospital on Thursday (24.11.16).

Jon Clark ice skating (c) Instagram

Jon Clark ice skating (c) Instagram

The 'Only Way is Essex' hunk was taken to accident and emergency on a stretcher after he slipped and smashed his head on the rink while ice skating with his co-stars at Riverside Ice Skating Rink in Chelmsford, Essex, for the Christmas special.

The 26-year-old hunk was spotted tripping on his blades numerous times throughout the afternoon before his final blow lead to him receiving gas and air on the rink side.

Jon was discharged from hospital that same day after he was checked over by the doctors and is now recovering at home, but is suffering with excruciating back pain.

However, despite the painful injury, he managed to take the whole hospital experience in his stride and took to his Twitter account afterwards to joke about the accident.

He explained: "What a day I've had... been stretchered to A&E nearly got fingered by a doctor and lost my Louboutins somewhere all in the name of Towie (sic)."

He later followed it up with the comment: "Doctor in A&E just tried to put his finger in my a**!! mate I'm having a bad enough day as it is.... ffs . (sic)"

Although Jon didn't quite manage to stay on his feet on the ice, his fellow female co-stars seemed to have no trouble whizzing around the rink and Lydia Bright, Courtney Green and Chloe Meadows even managed to document it on their Snapchat accounts.

The 'Only Way is Essex' festive special is set to hit screens next month.