Joey Essex thinks he can match Kim Kardashian as a skier

Reality TV star Joey Essex thinks he’s going to look like the ”Kim Kardashian West of skiers” on ‘The Jump’ as he’s ordered special badding for his bottom to protect his coccyx.

The 24 year-old former ‘The Only Way Is Essex’ star – who is competing on the Channel 4 skiing competition ‘The Jump’ – is so worried about damaging his bottom on the slopes that he is going to cover his backside in protective pads and thinks he will resemble the curvaceous reality TV star .

He said: ”I nearly broke my coccyx, so I’m going to order this special padding that protects it.

”I’ll be like the Kim Kardashian-West of skiers, and people will say, ‘Why is Joey’s arse so huge?”’

The 24-year-old star confessed he has already injured himself during training for the show but is ”proud” of himself and keen to improve so he can become more skilled on the slopes than his pals.

Joey Essex is set to star in the new series of the Channel 4 winter sports show The Jump

”I’ve hurt myself in training a few times, but I’ve got back up again. I’m proud of myself.

”I know it’s dangerous, but there’ll be a time when I’ll want to go skiing with my mates, and it’ll make me a better skier than them.”

Davina McCall will return to present the second series of the Channel 4 show, which sees sixteen celebrities tackle extreme events such as the Bobsleigh and Slalom.

We think the new series will be the must entertainment as it features celebs including JLS singer JB Gill, Jackass’ Steve-O, Made in Chelsea’s Louise Thompson, socialite Lady Victoria Hervey, ex-Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts and philanthropist Heather Mills are also joining the competition, along with dancer Louie Spence, ex England rugby captain Mike Tindall, Labour activist and wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons Sally Bercow, heptathlete Louise Hazel and ballroom dancer Ola Jordan.