Wynne Evans' Strictly partner breaks silence on sexual swipe scandal with two word response

Katya Jones appears to be standing beside Wynne Evans after he became embroiled in another scandal after he was caught making a sexual quip at a co-star

Strictly Come Dancing star Katya Jones has addressed the scandal surrounding Wynne Evans – with two words.

The opera singer and GoCompare advert star, 52, is currently appearing on the nationwide tour of the BBC dance competition, alongside Katya. However, he has since been dealt a warning by BBC bosses following his vulgar remark aimed at tour host, Janette Manrara.

But despite the scandal, it appears that Wynne still has the support of Katya who has taken to social media and shared a snap with the scandal-hit star. In view of her 252,000 followers on Instagram, she re-shared a post, orginally posted by Love Island's Tasha Ghouri as she, Tasha, Wynne and Jamie Borthwick sat in a bar, relaxing.

Captioning her re-share, Katya penned: "Tour fam," along with a red-heart emoji. During a recent photocall in Birmingham with fellow cast stars JB Gill, Montell Douglas, Shayne Ward and Jamie, Wynne made a lewd joke as Janette walked over. As he and the cast huddled together for a photo, Evans had been recorded making an inappropriate sexual comment to Janette when she walked over to the group.

He sang out: "Go Compare," before adding: "Not too close to Jamie." He then used the hugely demeaning term "spit roast" in reference to a lewd sexual act in the video published by Daily Mail. Wynne has since addressed his controversial comment and apologised. In a statement shared with the Mirror, he said: "My language was inappropriate and unacceptable for which I sincerely apologise."

A BBC spokesperson has also confirmed that they have spoken to the opera singer and said they "do not tolerate such behaviour". Tour producers have also issued him with a warning. A spokesman for the Strictly live tour and BBC Studios: "We were not previously aware of the remark and did not receive any complaints. We have made it very clear to Wynne that we do not tolerate such behaviour on the tour."

Wynne recently pulled out of the Strictly tour's stint in Glasgow due to an ankle injury. He shared images of his bruised ankle in a story on Instagram. In a video posted on the social media site on Saturday evening, he said: "Ankle’s getting a bit better, it was great to be able to sing in Glasgow tonight, even if I couldn't dance, hopefully back tomorrow. But watch this space, I'll let you know in the morning. See how the swelling goes down, and all that kind of stuff, thanks for all the lovely messages, amazing."

During his time on Strictly, Evans came under fire as he appeared to 'grope' partner Katya. The Welsh opera singer, 52, controversially placed his hand on the waist of hisprofessional dance partner before seeming to move it closer to her stomach. In the incident a stony face Katya appeared to brush away his hand as the pair stood side by side.

While many fans were outraged at his apparent "grope", the pair described it as a "silly inside joke". Some, however, failed to buy the apology and explanation and have called the singer's actions inappropriate. It made Katya and Wynne even more determined to squash the backlash and interrupted their appearance on spin-off show It Takes Two.

Katya said: "Sorry Fleur [East], sorry, I will get onto dancing I promise but can I please first get something out of the way that I feel like overshadowed our performance for absolutely no reason and quite frankly, actually, I can't bare sitting here watching this man [Wynne] being portrayed as someone he's not.

"In fact, it couldn't be further away from the truth so I have to make this absolutely clear that this whole incident with the hand and the high five on Saturday night it was an inside joke between Wynne and I. Was it a silly joke? Yes! Was it a bad joke? Yes!" At this point Wynne interjected with: "Yeah and I've watched it back, I can see how people may have misinterpreted it."

Katya went on: "Yeah but however, it was a joke and even the idea that it made me feel 'uncomfortable' or 'offended' in anyway is total nonsense. Those that have doubts, you guys have it got wrong! So hopefully this will be the end of it. You [Wynne] just keep making me smile, please!"

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