Strictly Come Dancing viewers have been left cringing by Wynne Evans and Katya Jones‘ ‘awkward’ return to the dance flooring on Saturday – after the opera singer seemingly deleted his X account amid the backlash from final week’s ‘hand incident ‘.
They pair carried out a quickstep as they tried to shake off the toe-curling viral second that noticed Katya, 35, transfer Wynne’s hand away from her waist and snubbed his try at a high-five along with her.
The dancer has defended her superstar associate, 52, declaring he has been ‘portrayed as somebody he isn’t’, because the pair insist his ‘wandering hand’ incident was a foolish joke.
However followers have been left with a bitter style of their mouths by the couple’s VT earlier than they took to the ground, branding it overly ‘healthful’ and ‘cosy’ in a bid to place rumours of their feud to mattress.
The clip noticed the pair beaming as they climbed a Welsh mountain earlier than Wynne gave Katya a piggyback.
Strictly Come Dancing viewers have been left cringing by Wynne Evans and Katya Jones ‘ ‘awkward’ return to the dance flooring on Saturday
They pair carried out a quickstep as they tried to shake off the toe-curling viral second that noticed Katya, 35, transfer Wynne’s hand away from her waist final week (pictured)
Wynne seemingly deleted his X account amid the backlash
Writing: ‘My vote for #StrictlyComeDancing LOOK! WE ARE TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER goes to Wynne and Katya’s pre-dance story’: ‘Healthful non controversial VT coming’: ‘Make the VT appear to be you hate one another’.
Regardless of the pair, who have been as soon as frontrunners, for the Glitterball Trophy, turning into bookies’ favorite to depart the competitors subsequent, they scored a good 33 out of 40 for his or her Quickstep.
Forward of Saturday’s present Alex Apati of Ladbrokes stated: ‘Wynne’s probabilities have taken an enormous hit over the previous couple of days, and punters are satisfied he’ll be in a harmful place within the leaderboard this weekend… a stark distinction with the place he was this time final week.’
Talking on spin-off present It Takes Two on Monday, Wynne admitted he had watched the footage of the incident again and confessed: ‘I can see how folks could have misinterpreted it.’
Clinging to his arm, Katya stated she ‘cannot bear’ the flack her co-star is getting and was empathetic that there was no wrongdoing.
She stated: ‘The concept it made me really feel uncomfortable or offended in any means is complete nonsense, and people who have doubts, you guys have gotten it fallacious. So hopefully this would be the finish of it, and also you simply preserve making me smile.’
She added: ‘I can not sit right here watching this man being portrayed as somebody he isn’t. In truth, it could not be additional away from the reality.
‘So I’ve to make this positively clear that this entire incident, with the hand and the excessive 5 on Saturday night time, was an inside joke between Wynne and I. Was it a foolish joke? Sure, was it a foul joke? Sure.’
However followers have been left with a bitter style of their mouths by the couple’s VT earlier than they took to the ground, branding it overly ‘healthful’ and ‘cosy’ in a bid to place rumours of their feud to mattress
However followers have been left with a bitter style of their mouths by the couple’s VT earlier than they took to the ground, branding it overly ‘healthful’ and ‘cosy’ in a bid to place rumours of their feud to mattress.
Regardless of the pair, who have been as soon as frontrunners, for the Glitterball Trophy, turning into bookies’ favorite to depart the competitors subsequent, they scored a good 33 out of 40 for his or her Quickstep
Writing: ‘My vote for #StrictlyComeDancing LOOK! WE ARE TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER goes to Wynne and Katya’s pre-dance story’
The incident brought about such concern amongst BBC high brass, who’ve spent months firefighting accusations of misconduct on earlier collection, {that a} welfare investigation was carried out.
A supply stated: ‘The Strictly welfare crew checked in on the pair individually to substantiate that nothing was awry and that each have been comfy persevering with with the partnership.
‘Coaching room researchers have saved meticulous logs of what goes on throughout rehearsals between each superstar couple, and Wynne and Katya aren’t any totally different.’
‘If there had been any type of misbehavior or trigger for concern, then it might have been flagged by the welfare crew.
‘There hasn’t been they usually think about the matter closed.’
The BBC confirmed that no additional actions are deliberate.
Wynne, who has starred within the GoCompare adverts for over a decade, claims that he has been left ‘heartbroken’ by the fallout after some Strictly followers known as for him to be axed from the present.
Talking on BBC Radio Wales, the place he presents a every day present, Mr Evans stated: ‘I am completely heartbroken by the issues which were written about me within the final day.
He stated: ‘I am completely heartbroken by the issues which were written about me within the final day.
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