Strictly’s Wynne Evans forced to apologise for sick ‘threeway’ joke about co-star on live tour
Strictly’s Wynne Evans forced to apologise for sick ‘threeway’ joke about co-star on live tour
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Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne Evans has sparked fresh controversy for the BBC dance competition after apparently being caught making a crude remark behind the scenes of the Strictly live tour. This comes after the Go Compare star, 52, was forced to pull out of the live tour due to a painful injury to his foot.
Evans found himself at the centre of controversy last year after his partner on the BBC dance competition, Katya Jones, appeared to forcibly remove his hand from her waist – and then rejected his offer of a high five. The pair later passed the matter off as a ‘bad joke,’ and they eventually became the eighth couple to leave the dance competition in 2024.
![[For use in UK, Ireland or Benelux countries only Undated BBC handout photo of Wynne Evans, who has been confirmed as returning to the dancefloor in the new year for the Strictly Come Dancing live tour, which will run from January 19 to February 9. The arena tour will open in Birmingham before moving to Sheffield, Newcastle, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester and Nottingham, with the final shows set for London's O2 Arena. Issue date: Wednesday December 4, 2024. See PA story SHOWBIZ Strictly. Photo credit should read: Ray Burmiston/BBC/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: Not for use more than 21 days after issue. You may use this picture without charge only for the purpose of publicising or reporting on current BBC programming, personnel or other BBC output or activity within 21 days of issue. Any use after that time MUST be cleared through BBC Picture Publicity. Please credit the image to the BBC and any named photographer or independent programme maker, as described in the caption.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_231906228-8b19.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
The Welsh opera singer is now believed to have been captured making a crude comment during a photo event for the live tour, allegedly joking about a three-way with presenter and professional dancer Janette Manrara. This comment is said to have earned him a reprimand from BBC bosses, who told him that such behaviour would not be tolerated.
![[Janette Manrara during the Strictly Come Dancing - The Live Tour launch, at Utilita Arena, Birmingham. Picture date: Thursday January 16, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_236184607-76e9.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
In footage obtained by The Daily Mail, Evans posed for a photo opportunity with Manrara, 41, and the rest of the Strictly live cast. It was at this point he is alleged to have made reference to a ‘spit roast’ – a three-way involving Marara and another contestant.
![[Strictly's Wynne Evans and Katya Jones - 12 OCT 2024 Strictly Come Dancing 13.10.24 (Picture: BBC)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_225472249-9efb.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=474)
While Manrara’s reaction is obscured in the footage, EastEnders star and co-star Jamie Borthwick apparently winces at the comment. Describing the moment, Mail journalist Dolly Busby wrote: ‘As I filmed, he made a deeply abhorrent sexual comment about a female colleague.’.
![[Strictly star Wynne Evans caught making]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_237364690-08e4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=515)
