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Wynne Evans starred in last year’s Strictly Come DancingBBC<\/p>\nStrictly Come Dancing professional Katya Jones has defended her former dance partner Wynne Evans amid fresh scandal, describing him as “incredible”.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old dancer spoke warmly about the Welsh opera singer despite his recent controversies.<\/p>\n
“I can only obviously speak from my personal experience, but I thought Wynne was incredible,” Jones told The Sun’s Fabulous magazine.<\/p>\n
She added: “We spent a huge amount of time together and we had a brilliant partnership. We got on like a house on fire.”<\/p>\n
Her comments come as Evans faces new allegations involving a backstage prank during the Strictly live tour.<\/p>\n
Evans, 53, is alleged to have sent EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick, 30, a sex toy as a joke during the Strictly tour.<\/p>\n
A video reportedly shared in the Strictly performers’ WhatsApp group shows Borthwick waving the item backstage at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena.<\/p>\n
In the footage, Borthwick is seen grinning and saying: “Look at what he bought me. I opened it up and he surprised me with this, didn’t he. It’s so funny.”<\/p>\n
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Jamie Borthwick has become embroiled in another Wynne Evans Strictly controversy <\/p>\n BBC<\/p>\n The camera then pans to Evans, who appears topless and rehearsing with professional dancer Neil Jones.<\/p>\n The video was reportedly recorded on January 18, just two days after Evans made a sexual remark about dancer Janette Manrara.<\/p>\n BBC executives were quick to respond when they became aware of the footage being shared.<\/p>\n A source told The Sun on Sunday: “As soon as BBC executives were made aware of this shocking and immature footage being shared, they formally addressed the issue and reminded the pair they had to act professionally.”<\/p>\n The men were reportedly “acting extremely immaturely and inappropriately, considering it was a family show”.<\/p>\n This incident follows Evans’ earlier controversy when he made a sexual remark about Janette Manrara at the Strictly tour’s PR launch on January 16.<\/p>\n Evans subsequently stepped down from the tour a week later after that footage surfaced and sparked public backlash.<\/p>\n He issued a public apology, stating: “My language was inappropriate and unacceptable, for which I sincerely apologise.”<\/p>\n Evans has since stepped back from his BBC Radio Wales show, which he reportedly “absolutely loves”.<\/p>\n Wynne Evans was accused last year of making Katya Jones ‘uncomfortable’ on BBC Strictly <\/p>\n BBC<\/p>\n The Go Compare star is now considering legal action against the BBC for reputational damage.<\/p>\n With support from his girlfriend Liz Brookes, Evans has reportedly hired lawyers and compiled a 30-page dossier.<\/p>\n He is said to be seeking “recompense” following his axe from the Strictly tour.<\/p>\n Evans recently shared a rare update on Instagram, posting about a personal best time on his bike.<\/p>\n He wrote: “Sunday morning 30 mins done. So good for your mental health,” adding the cryptic hashtags: “#truthwins #wynners.”<\/p>\n The father-of-two reportedly believes his earlier comment was taken out of context.<\/p>\n Rumours of tension between Jones and Evans had previously circulated when footage showed her moving his hand away from her waist and avoiding a high-five.<\/p>\n Jones clarified at the time this was merely an “inside joke” that “backfired” after Evans faced public backlash.<\/p>\n “Wynne has never made me feel uncomfortable in any way,” she insisted.<\/p>\n “We’ve had the most incredible time together, which no one can take away from us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing professional Katya Jones has defended her former dance partner Wynne Evans amid fresh scandal, describing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[192,4781,77,12,512,1888,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-18972","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-sgg","13":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114335884582668608","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Jamie](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jamie-borthwick.jpg\")
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