BBC StudiosStrictly Come Dancing duo Wynne Evans and Katya Jones have spoken out after viewers noticed what some mentioned have been awkward moments throughout Saturday’s programme.
At one level, Jones appeared to say no a high-five from Evans, whereas later within the present the skilled dancer appeared to maneuver Evans’s hand from her waist.
The pair appeared in a social media video collectively describing the high-five second as a “operating joke” between them.
Jones later mentioned it was “full nonsense” that the second she moved Evans’s hand away “made me really feel uncomfortable or offended me in any means”.
The BBC declined to remark.
A Strictly supply informed BBC Information: “The welfare workforce have checked in on the pair and there aren’t any additional actions deliberate.”
The high-five second came about after the duo had carried out on the dancefloor and have been stood on the Strictly balcony, often called the “Clauditorium” after host Claudia Winkleman, the place contestants wait to obtain the judges’ scores.
Fellow contestants Sam Quek and Nikita Kuzmin went as much as the balcony after performing and Evans high-fived them.
Evans then turned to Jones and supplied a high-five, which she appeared to say no.
“We simply wished to say we have been messing round,” Jones later mentioned in a video standing alongside Evans, with each saying they have been “sorry”.
Evans added in a submit on X that the pair have been “actually wonderful buddies”, saying the high-five was a “operating joke” between them.
Later within the present, Jones appeared to maneuver his hand from her waist after contestants Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystał heard their scores.
In an extra video on Sunday, Jones defined: “The hand incident that occurred on Saturday evening was a… very foolish, very foolish… inside joke between Wynne and I.
“So even the concept that it made me really feel uncomfortable or offended me in any means is full nonsense.
“It is fairly absurd really. Now, can we simply give attention to how brilliantly he is doing and what a tremendous dancer he is turning into?”
The Welsh opera singer and BBC Radio Wales presenter, 52, has been paired with Jones, knowledgeable Russian dancer, for collection 22 of Strictly.
On Saturday evening, he and Jones carried out a tango to the Abba tune “Cash, Cash, Cash” on the Strictly dancefloor with a desk as a part of the set.
Their efficiency was business-themed, with Evans sporting a shirt and tie and Jones in a white sleeveless blazer and skirt.
Jones, 35, was seen clapping after the efficiency and jumped on to the desk earlier than going to hug Evans whereas smiling.
They have been holding palms whereas the judges supplied their ideas on the duo’s dancing.
Evans got here to prominence enjoying fictional singer Gio Compario in commercials for the worth comparability firm Go Examine.
Earlier this yr, the BBC introduced it might have a member of Strictly manufacturing employees in rehearsals as a part of measures launched to the present after complaints from former contestants.
Outcomes from the programme’s newest spherical have been aired on Sunday night, with Evans and Jones progressing. DIY SOS star Nick Knowles turned the third superstar to be eradicated from the competitors.
