Katya Jones cannot bear to watch Wynne Evans 'being portrayed as someone he's not'

Katya Jones cannot bear to watch her 'Strictly Come Dancing' partner Wynne Evans "being portrayed as someone he's not" following their "silly joke" last weekend.

The 52-year-old opera singer has come under fire from viewers after Katya appeared to move Wynne's hand back as he placed it across her waist during Saturday night's (12.10.24) live show, but the 35-year-old professional dancer has insisted Wynne only makes her "smile".

Speaking on 'Strictly' spin-off 'It Takes Two' while sitting alongside Wynne, she said: "The idea that it made me feel uncomfortable or offended in any way is total nonsense, and those that have doubts, you guys have got it wrong.

"So hopefully this will be the end of it, and you just keep making me smile.

"I can't sit here watching this man being portrayed as someone he's not."

Following the hand incident, Katya took to social media to insist that and another situation, in which she appeared to decline a high five with her partner, were both "inside jokes".

The dancer has now doubled down on the claim, and admitted it was a "silly" and "bad joke".

She said: "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, was an inside joke between Wynne and I.

"Was it a silly joke? Yes, was it a bad joke? Yes."

Katya's comments come after Wynne admitted this week he has been left "heartbroken" about the fallout from the quip.

Speaking on BBC Radio Wales, he said: "I'm absolutely heartbroken by the things that have been written about me in the last day.

"It's not nice to live in that time, but basically Katya and I are really, really close and we're really good friends, and on Saturday night we made a stupid joke.

"It was a stupid joke that went wrong, OK? We thought it was funny. It wasn't funny. It has been totally misinterpreted."