Strictly's Wynne 'heartbroken' over 'stupid joke'

Strictly Come Dancing prima Wynne Evans has said he's "heartbroken" aft the fallout from "a anserine gag that went wrong" connected Saturday's show.

Viewers noticed immoderate seemingly awkward moments betwixt the opera vocalist and his creation spouse Katya Jones, erstwhile she seemed to diminution a high-five and aboriginal appeared to determination his manus from her waist.

Jones aboriginal said connected societal media that they were "messing around", and it was portion of "an wrong joke".

Speaking connected Monday connected BBC Radio Wales, wherever helium hosts a programme, Evans said: "I'm perfectly heartbroken by the things that person been written astir maine successful the past day."

He added: "It's not bully to unrecorded successful that time, but fundamentally Katya and I are really, truly adjacent and we're truly bully friends, and connected Saturday nighttime we made a anserine joke.

"It was a anserine gag that went wrong, OK? We thought it was funny. It wasn't funny. It was been wholly misinterpreted."

He continued: "Everything's connected Katya’s socials. She's talked astir it. She's explained that it was a joke. She wasn't offended successful the least. She doesn't consciousness uncomfortable.

"We've got a superb friendship, an perfectly choky friendship, and I'm atrocious if anybody was offended by it, but it was a joke. And that's each determination is. There is nary existent story, really."

The brace apologised successful a video posted connected Saturday night. On Monday, Evans said: "I consciousness weird apologising due to the fact that I consciousness similar I’ve not truly done anything."

He and Jones came associated 2nd connected the leaderboard connected Saturday aft performing the tango to Abba's Money, Money, Money.

He said helium remained committed to the amusement contempt the caller furore.

"I'm perfectly inactive up for it. I'm having the champion clip of my life. I conscionable don't privation this to beryllium the spot that radical remember," helium said.

Evans was addressing the contented soon earlier starting Monday's occurrence of his Radio Wales show.

The BBC declined to comment, but a Strictly root said the show's payment squad had "checked successful connected the brace and determination are nary further actions planned".