Katya Jones reacts to Wynne Evans’ Strictly tour departure over sexual remark
Katya Jones reacts to Wynne Evans’ Strictly tour departure over sexual remark
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Evan’s professional ‘Strictly’ partner has broken her silence on the subject. Katya Jones has reacted to Wynne Evans’s departure from the Strictly Come Dancing tour over a crass remark about professional dancer Janette Manrara. The Welsh opera singer faced a backlash after being caught making a sexual remark about Janette Manrara and EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick during the tour’s press launch.
![[Wynne Evans has pulled out of the ‘Strictly’ tour after making a crude remark]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/29/07/newFile-2.jpg)
Days later, Evans, who was partnered with Jones on the 2024 series of Strictly, said he was “deeply sorry” and that he would “take some time out” from his radio show and the Strictly tour after reports mounted he would be sacked by the BBC. Months after Jones was embroiled in a Strictly controversy with her celebrity partner Evans, the professional dancer let her feelings on the matter be known in a pair of Instagram posts.
![[Katya Jones said she ‘really missed’ Wynne Evans after he pulled out of ‘Strictly’ tour]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/29/07/Screenshot-2025-01-29-at-07.45.05.jpg)
Sharing Evans’s statement, in which he said he “plans to take time for self-reflection”, Jones told her followers: “Let’s show humanity and consideration.”. She then added: “I will miss you my darling boy,” and, in a follow-up post, Jones posted a video of Evans at the previous night’s show, writing: “Really missed this tonight”. She added a sad-face emoji.
![[Wynne Evans and Katya Jones on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/17/16/newFile-6.jpg)
As part of his statement, Evans addressed his Strictly co-stars, adding: “Apologies to those I won’t get to see at the remaining performances and I’m grateful to my fellow tour gang for all the amazing support they have given me.”. After the furore first surfaced, Evans, who rose to fame as the opera star of the GoCompare adverts, said: “My language was inappropriate and unacceptable for which I sincerely apologise.”.
