BBC Strictly Come Dancing stars Katya Jones and her celebrity partner Wynne Evans have responded to an incident on last night's show.
During a group scene on the live broadcast, 52-year-old Evans innocently placed his arm around 35-year-old Jones' waist, only for her to appear displeased and swiftly push his hand away.
Later, eagle-eyed viewers noticed Katya ignore his high-five requests on two separate occasions, but it appears this was far from anything sinister.
“Hi everyone, it’s Wynne and Katya here. We just wanted to say, we were just messing around in the Clauditorium on Saturday night,” Jones said.
Appologies for this tonight we were just messing around. We really are amazing friends. The high 5’s is a running joke. Have a great evening @Mrs_katjones pic.twitter.com/MWM24b4keU
— Wynne Evans (@wynneevans) October 12, 2024
“We just wanted to say sorry. It was a silly joke,” the professional dancer added.
“Yeah. Sorry,” Evans said, adding in the video’s caption: “Apologies for this tonight we were just messing around. We really are amazing friends. The high 5’s [are] a running joke. Have a great evening.”
Evans and Jones performed a Tango to “Money, Money, Money” by ABBA on Saturday night, which was heavily praised by the judges Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke.
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The Tango gave Evans and Jones their highest score of the competition so far with two eights and two nines taking them to joint second in the leaderboard with 34.
Du Beke declared the performance one of Evans’ most commendable dances with Mabuse adding: “I feel for me personally, this is your best dance yet.”
Evans, known for being the face of Go Compare adverts since 2009, has embraced his participation on the show with humour and self-deprecation.
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